{"issue":{"created_at":"2011-11-27T10:01:18Z","state":"closed","updated_at":"2011-12-02T22:17:23Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"4cf647ed8f35defeed6cc04a35889feb","id":142157,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/dancinglightning","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf647ed8f35defeed6cc04a35889feb?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","login":"dancinglightning"},"comments":2,"body":"Now that the db:test:prepare works i'm surprised that there isn't really any data in there.\r\nI had almost wondered about that, as I saw that the test:prepare seems to call the seed (?)\r\n\r\nAnyway, for your meetup (and people giving ror-e a quick tryout) I would suggest some simple sample data: Apple products or something safe. Just a few (2-5). Mainly all the setup should be done, ie tax/shipping rates method, properties, product_types etc.\r\n\r\nIt makes for a learning experience to input those, but a slightly frustrating one as the system is new and unknown. A better experience is a ready setup, where one can edit and try out the things that interest most. That would be how an order is created in many cases and having to do a lot of work to get there can be off-putting.\r\n\r\nOne of the first things I actually did i spree was to write an import/export tool load/dump[file], i can point to the source if you like. But I recently found a good tool too yaml_db , actually does a lot of it and my for improves the syntax.\r\n\r\nThe point being that it is a very handy thing to be able to transfer data back and forth between production/development. Ie I did all my first setup on a dev machine and dumped it as yaml, and then when setting up my first production just imported all the setup ymls.\r\n\r\nNowadays I backup my production as yaml and as a benefit I get to import it into my dev (remember different dbs) and test new features on the real data. Very very handy.\r\n ","assignee":null,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"id":2359380,"labels":[],"number":20,"title":"sample data","closed_at":"2011-12-02T22:17:23Z","html_url":"https://github.com/drhenner/ror_ecommerce/issues/20","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/drhenner/ror_ecommerce/issues/20","milestone":null},"action":"created","comment":{"created_at":"2011-12-02T22:17:23Z","updated_at":"2011-12-02T22:17:23Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"56cdb0d307d910d39fa95ec1e18b0fe1","id":136110,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/drhenner","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56cdb0d307d910d39fa95ec1e18b0fe1?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","login":"drhenner"},"body":"just made a demo video that shows people how to get setup quickly,  http://ror-e.com/info/videos/7\r\n\r\nI also updated the readme.  \r\n\r\n","id":2996697,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/drhenner/ror_ecommerce/issues/comments/2996697"}}