Flight Booker

This project is part of The Odin Project: Flight Booker in the Ruby on Rails curriculum.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this project, you will be able to:

• Create a Rails application that allows users to search for and book flights.
• Implement forms with dropdown menus and nested attributes.
• Utilize Rails associations for managing related models.
• Seed a database with sample data for testing.
• Create a multi-step booking process with clear user interactions.

Assignment Overview

1. Search for Flights: Users can enter desired dates and airports to search for available flights.
2. Select Flight: Users choose from a list of available flights returned based on their search criteria.
3. Enter Passenger Information: Collect passenger details for the booking.
4. Billing Information: Capture billing details for the transaction.

Basic Setup

1. Data Models: Plan and create the necessary models: Airport, Flight, Booking, and Passenger.
2. Create Rails App: Generate your new Rails application, e.g., odin-flight-booker, and initialize a GitHub repository. Update your README to reflect your project.
3. Database Seeding: Use the db/seeds.rb file to populate airports and flights for testing.

Features

Search Screen

• Create dropdowns for departure airport, arrival airport, date, and number of passengers.
• Implement a search form on the /flights index page that submits using a GET request.

Flight Selection

• Display search results on the same page with radio buttons for flight selection.
• Keep the search form active to allow new searches.

Passenger Information

• Create a form to submit booking information and collect passenger details using nested attributes.
• Implement a BookingsController to handle booking logic and render a booking confirmation page.

Technologies Used

• Ruby on Rails
• ActiveRecord for database management

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jambalong/flight-booker.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd flight-booker

3. Install dependencies:

   bundle install

4. Set up the database:

   rails db:create
   rails db:migrate
   rails db:seed

5. Start the Rails server:

   rails server

Access the application at http://localhost:3000.