generated a game model to the database, created a migration, refactor…

…ed board.rb and #board to game.rb #game. Updated spec/model/board_spec.rb to spec/model/game_spec.rb. refactored some tests and #board.

app/models/game.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+class Game < ActiveRecord::Base
+	attr_accessible :board, :player_o, :player_x, :current_player, :status, :created_at
+
+	def initialize 
+		@board = [[nil, nil, nil], 
+				  [nil, nil, nil], 
+				  [nil, nil, nil]]
+		@player_o = 'o'
+		@player_x = 'x'
+	end
+
+	def board
+		@board
+	end
+
+	def assign_player_position(player, row, column)
+		@board[row][column] = player
+	end
+
+  # This might not actually be necessary. In the views, we can draw a permanent grid
+  # and insert the value of each cell into it.
+	def display_board
+    	"#{display_line(0)}" +
+	  	"- - -\n" +
+    	"#{display_line(1)}" +
+		"- - -\n" +
+    	"#{display_line(2)}"
+	end
+
+	def display_element(row, column)
+		element = @board[row][column]
+		if element
+			element
+		else
+			' '
+		end
+	end
+
+    def display_line(row)
+   		"#{display_element(row,0)}|#{display_element(row,1)}|#{display_element(row,2)}\n"
+    end
+end
+
+# board = Game.new
+# board.assign_player_position('x', 0, 1)
+# board.assign_player_position('o', 0, 2)
+# puts board.display_board

db/migrate/20130406222125_create_games.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CreateGames < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :games do |t|
+      t.text :board
+      t.string :player_o
+      t.string :player_x
+      t.string :current_player
+      t.string :status
+      t.datetime :created_at
+      t.datetime :updated_at
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 0) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130406222125) do
+
+  create_table "games",          :force => true do |t|
+    t.text     "board",          :default => "[[],[],[]]"
+    t.string   "player_o"
+    t.string   "player_x"
+    t.string   "current_player"
+    t.string   "status",         :default => "in_progress"
+    t.datetime "created_at",     :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",     :null => false
+  end
 
 end

spec/models/game_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+require 'game.rb'
+
+describe Game do 
+	before do
+		@test_game = Game.new
+	end
+
+	it "should be initialized with nil values inside of the array, [[]]" do
+		@test_game.board.should == [[nil, nil, nil], 
+									[nil, nil, nil], 
+									[nil, nil, nil]] 
+	end
+
+	it "should always have a length of 3" do 
+		@test_game.board.length.should == 3
+	end
+
+	it "should always have the array within the array length of 3" do
+		@test_game.board.each { |array| array.length.should == 3 } 		
+	end 
+
+	describe "assign_player_position" do 
+		it "should establish a position on the board, using 'x' or 'o'" do
+			to_test = @test_game.assign_player_position('x', 0, 1)
+			to_test.should == @test_game.board[0][1]
+		end
+	end
+
+	describe "display_element" do
+		it "should display @board element" do
+			mock_player = @test_game.assign_player_position('x', 0, 1)
+
+			to_test = @test_game.display_element(0,1)
+			to_test.should == mock_player
+		end
+
+		it "should display a space if the element is nil" do
+			@test_game.display_element(0,0).should == ' '
+		end
+
+		it "should display an 'x' or an 'o' if the element is not a space" do
+		  @test_game.assign_player_position('x', 0, 1)
+		  @test_game.display_element(0,1).should == 'x'
+		end
+	end
+
+	describe "display_line" do 
+		it "should display player marks or a space (if nil) in the designated row" do 
+			@test_game.assign_player_position('x', 0, 2)
+
+			to_test = @test_game.display_line(0)
+			to_test.should == " | |x\n"
+		end
+	end
+
+  	describe "display_board" do 
+	 	it "should display board" do 
+	 		@test_game.display_board.should == " | | \n" + 
+	 													  "- - -\n" +
+	 													  " | | \n" +
+      													  "- - -\n" +
+	 													  " | | \n"
+	 	end
+
+    	it "should display player marks on the board" do
+    		@test_game.assign_player_position('x', 0, 0)
+    		@test_game.assign_player_position('o', 1, 1)
+    		@test_game.assign_player_position('x', 2, 2)
+
+    		@test_game.display_board.should == "x| | \n" + 
+	 											"- - -\n" +
+	 											" |o| \n" +
+      											"- - -\n" +
+	 											" | |x\n"
+		end
+	end
+end

test/fixtures/games.yml

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+# Read about fixtures at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Fixtures.html
+
+one:
+  board: MyText
+  player_o: MyString
+  player_x: MyString
+  current_player: MyString
+  status: MyString
+  created_at: 2013-04-06 15:21:25
+  updated_at: 2013-04-06 15:21:25
+
+two:
+  board: MyText
+  player_o: MyString
+  player_x: MyString
+  current_player: MyString
+  status: MyString
+  created_at: 2013-04-06 15:21:25
+  updated_at: 2013-04-06 15:21:25

test/unit/game_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class GameTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end