NOTE: rake db:migrate required. added generation column to users

LiveSiteUpdatesNotes.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+make sure that root individuals have same 'joinedwithcode' as 'code'
+
+User.all.each do |u|
+	u.generation = u.get_generation
+	u.save
+end

app/helpers/users_helper.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module UsersHelper
       user['value'] = u.name
       user['profile'] = u.image.url(:square)
       user['mapCount'] = u.maps.count
+      user['generation'] = u.generation
       user['created_at'] = u.created_at.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
       user['rtype'] = "mapper"
       

app/models/user.rb

@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   def generate_code
     #generate a random 8 letter/digit code that they can use to invite people
 	  self.code = rand(36**8).to_s(36)
+
+    self.generation = self.get_generation
+  end
+
+  def get_generation
+    if self.joinedwithcode == self.code
+      # if your joinedwithcode equals your code you must be GEN 0
+      gen = 0
+    elsif self.generation
+      # if your generation has already been calculated then just return that value
+      gen = self.generation
+    else
+      # if your generation hasn't been calculated, base it off the
+      # generation of the person whose code you joined with + 1
+      gen = User.find_by_code(self.joinedwithcode).get_generation + 1
+    end
   end
   
   def settings

app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
           <p>Mapping since: {{created_at}}</p>
         </div>
         <div class="mapperGeneration">
-          <p>Generation: 1</p>
+          <p>Generation: {{generation}}</p>
         </div>
         <div class="mapCount">
           {{mapCount}}

db/migrate/20141121204712_add_generation_to_users.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddGenerationToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+  	add_column :users, :generation, :integer
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20140930013020) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20141121204712) do
 
   create_table "in_metacode_sets", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "metacode_id"
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20140930013020) do
     t.string   "image_content_type"
     t.integer  "image_file_size"
     t.datetime "image_updated_at"
+    t.integer  "generation"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["reset_password_token"], :name => "index_users_on_reset_password_token", :unique => true

test/fixtures/users.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ user:
   email: user@user.com
   encrypted_password: $2a$10$psR68SWYNy5ZKQPs9FrFM.HuRMrTXO/YFzv.HaUmdCsQZsQrG1XAW
   code: qwertyui
+  joinedwithcode: qwertyui
   admin: false
 
 admin:
@@ -12,4 +13,5 @@ admin:
   email: admin@admin.com
   encrypted_password: $2a$10$psR68SWYNy5ZKQPs9FrFM.HuRMrTXO/YFzv.HaUmdCsQZsQrG1XAW
   code: iuytrewq
+  joinedwithcode: iuytrewq
   admin: true