Genderize

Genderize is a simple Rails gem for adding gender helper methods to Rails models.

Example

# Setting the gender is simple - just set the attribute value to "m" or "f"
@user = User.new(gender: "f")

# This gives us a few helper methods to add gender specific text to our views
@user.gender.male? # => false  
@user.gender.name # => "female"
@user.gender.to_s # => "f"
@user.gender.abbr # => "f"

# gender pronouns
# As the subject of a sentence
@user.gender.subject # => 'she'
# As the object of a sentence
@user.gender.object # => 'her'
# Showing possession
@user.gender.possessive # => 'her'
# Writing a casual form of the gender
@user.gender.casual # => "chick"

Installation

Add this to your Gemfile:

gem "genderize"

...and run bundle install to install the gem.

Next, run:

$ rails g genderize:install

... to install the genderize.en.yml file in your locales directory

Finally, to genderize a model attribute:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  genderize

  # ... or, if your db column isn't named `gender`
  genderize(:user_gender)

end

Issues

If you discover a problem with Genderize, please let us know about it.

Remember to search the issues list first in case your issue has already been raised by another Githuber

Documentation

Full documentation is available here: http://rubydoc.info/gems/blogit

Contributing

You're welcome to contribute to Genderize.

Legal Stuff

Copyright 2013 Katana Code Ltd.

See (LEGAL)[LEGAL] for full details.

Credits

Developed by Katana Code

About Katana Code

Katana Code are Ruby on Rails Developers Based in Edinburgh, Scotland.