I’m interested in creating something similar to, but not the same as,
Basecamp. I know, I know, why reinvent the wheel? Well, honestly,
because it’s not my wheel and it’s rather hard to make a living off of
others’ wheels.
Anyway, I’m interested in creating a RESTFul setup with a few levels
of models. The most notable of which are Company, and User. As it
stands (or as I understand it), creating a RestfulAuthentication model
involves a single Model and Controller. However, with an application
of this nature I’m going to need a Company model that has many Users.
In order to both allow new companies to create usernames that are
“already used” by other companies, and limit redundancy within a
single company, I’m going to need composite keys.
So, I’m looking for quality (notice quality) URLs or direct
information regarding the following:
composite keys
restful authentication setup split between multiple models
any tips, tricks, recommendations, or warnings you have for an
endeavor of this nature.
any correction of potential misunderstandings I may have
I was speaking in #1 about the need for composite keys in order to
accommodate for Companies with many Users. Does that make sense or am
I missing something?
I was speaking in #1 about the need for composite keys in order to
accommodate for Companies with many Users. Does that make sense or am
I missing something?
Michael
Why use a composite key? It is not going to make your url look any
nicers.
If you use a standard Rails model with a primary key of ID, you can
create URLS of the form…
