I've been writing Rails applications for over 20 years. Each version change requires some work. When I lost my ability to deploy new version to ptgolf.us, I decided to upgrade to Rails 8 and started to work on the new version. That was almost 2 years ago! I worked on it occasionally. It's now time to move to the new version.
I created a new Rail 8 application. I then created new models(Groups, Players, Games etc.) and imported data to them. I also imported most of the views. I also left off a bunch of junk that was never used.
I tried to get the groups to take a look at the new version I deployed to a staging server, but never got any feedback. The ptgolf.us server costs me $25 a month to keep up. It also housed a couple of VFW Post 8600 sites that are no longer used. My new plan was to move it to a smaller server.
Look and Feel
It looks a little different! There was way too much green. I changed the tables to use alternate green/white rows.
The new version is much more responsive in that more views work on a phone.
The 3 column Create New Game has moved to 2 columns that wrap on a phone.
Authorization
Authorization controls who can do what. You have to be logged in to make any changes. Some people have more privileges than others, based on a Roles. I'm using a new version of that I've streamlined that a little. There are five roles. [super trustee manager admin member]
A super user (me) can do anything. It create new Groups, login to different groups if needed to fixed something.
A trustee can do everything a super user can do except changing any super users settings.
A manager(Sheriff!) can do anything to any models owned by the group.
Admin - can do everything a manager can do except changing managers and up settings.
A member can look!
I'm sure there more subtle changes that I have not addressed, but I'm tired of writing, so go look for yourself. Might also want to look at for some new or little know features.
What hasn't changed?
The process
You still
Schedule a Game for today
Add Players to the Game
Form teams, maybe print scorecards
Play
Score the Game/Teams
While the Process hasn't changed, some of the guts have.
