Introduction to Spree (A Ruby on Rails E-Commerce App)

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Introduction to Spree A Ruby on Rails E-Commerce App by Gregor MacDougall Twitter: @GrMacDougall Website: http://www.freerunningtech.com/

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About Me Gregor MacDougall Sr. Software Developer @ FreeRunning Technologies

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The Grand Tour rake sandbox

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Look Familiar? ● Competitors ○ Marketplace Solutions ○ SaaS Solutions ○ Self-hosted Solutions ■ Magento, VirtueMart, ZenCart, Prestashop, osCommerce, OpenCart, …

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What Makes Spree Different? ● Ruby on Rails ● Rails Engine ● mount Spree::Core::Engine, :at => '/store' ○ / -> Your App ○ /store -> Spree ○ /blog -> Something Else

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How Does Spree Model Data? Product ● Basic Product ○ Name ○ Description ○ SKU ○ Weight, Dimensions ○ Price

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How Does Spree Model Data? Product ● Name ● Description Variant ● SKU ● Weight, Dimensions ● Price

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How Does Spree Model Data? Product - OptionType: colour Variant - OptionValue: black Product - OptionType: colour Variant - OptionValue: red

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How Does Spree Model Data?

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Customizing Spree ● View Customization ○ CSS ○ Replacing Templates ○ Deface ● Logic Customization ○ Adding new logic ○ Changing existing logic

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xray-rails

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Replacing a view Create the following file: ./app/views/spree/shared/_search.html.erb

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Using Deface to Modify Templates

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Deface app/views/spree/shared/_products.html.erb

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Deface app/overrides/before_products.rb

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Deface (Matching on Template)

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Customizability Ruby Meta-Programming (pry examples)

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With Great Power...

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Mixed Nuts Store

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Create The Nut Model rails g model Spree::Nut name:string

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Create The Nut Variant Association rails g model Spree::VariantNut variant: references nut:references

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Our Models

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Nut Model In Action

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Modifying Spree’s Classes app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb

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Overriding Spree Functionality

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Other Spree Features ● Promotions & Discounts ● API ● Stock Location & Inventory Tracking ● ActiveMerchant Support (100+ Payment Gateways) ● Full i18n support (~40 languages currently supported) ● Large Library of Extensions ● and much more

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For More Information Spree http://www.spreecommerce.com/ http://www.github.com/spree/spree FreeRunning Technologies http://www.freerunningtech.com/

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About Me Twitter: @GrMacDougall Github: https://github.com/gmacdougall E-mail: [email protected] Slides: http://www.freerunningtech.com/confoo More From Me! Practical Code Review with Gerrit 9:00 AM Tomorrow (Same Room)