Devil Dog Squadron Website is built on Rails
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Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.

This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
(such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
and directing data to the view.

In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
methods. You can read more about Active Record in
link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.

The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.

Versioning
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The Website uses PaperTrail to provide versioning to select models and diffy to illustrate changes.

The following models marked with an (x) have model-specific versioning applied:

- assignment ()
- attendance (x)
- category (x)
- crew_position (x)
- document_category (x)
- dues_payment (x)
- email_address ()
- event_signup (x)
- event_status ()
- event_type ()
- event (x)
- events_ride_requests (x)
- gallery_category ()
- gallery ()
- grant (x)
- knowledge_test (x)
- location (x)
- manifest (x)
- member (x)
- news (x)
- officer_position (x)
- photo ()
- photographer ()
- post (x)
- product_photo ()
- product (x)
- ride_request (x)
- right ()
- role (x)
- safety_item (x)
- size ()
- squadron_document (x)
- teaser (x)
- term (x)
- test_answer (x)
- test_question (x)
- test_submission_response (x)
- test_submission ()
- trip (x)
- user (x)
- video ()