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  1. = The Depot Online Store
  2. This application implements an online store, with a catalog, cart, and orders.
  3. It is divided into two main sections:
  4. * The buyer's side of the application manages the catalog, cart,
  5. and checkout. It is implementation spans in four models and associated
  6. controllers and views: Cart, LineItem, Order, and Product. Additionally,
  7. there is a StoreController for the store front itself, and a
  8. SessionsController to manage sessions.
  9. * Only administrators can access stuff in the seller's side
  10. (product maintenance and order fulfillment). This is implemented by the
  11. LoginController, is enforced by the ApplicationController#authorize
  12. method, and assisted by the Users and Carts resources.
  13. This code was produced as an example for the book {Agile Web Development with
  14. Rails}[http://www.pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4th-edition]. It should not be
  15. run as a real online store.
  16. === Authors
  17. * Sam Ruby, IBM
  18. * Dave Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC
  19. * David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals
  20. === Warranty
  21. This code is provided for educational purposes only, and comes with
  22. absolutely no warranty. It should not be used in live applications.
  23. == Copyright
  24. This code is Copyright (c) 2010 The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC.
  25. It is released under the same license as Ruby.