Slug generation now uses parameterize.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v1.1.0
+
+* Slugs are now generated with `parameterize`.
+* Spaces get converted to hyphens instead of underscores. Hyphens in the original string are collapsed.
+* Removed dependence on iconv.
+
 ## v1.0.0
 
 * Added test for slugs with numbers.

Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    slugtastic (0.2.1)
+    slugtastic (1.1.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/

lib/slugtastic.rb

@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ require "slugtastic/version"
 require "slugtastic/model_additions"
 require "slugtastic/railtie" if defined? Rails
 
-# TODO: iconv will be deprecated in the future.
-require 'iconv'
-
 module Slugtastic
   def self.generate_slug(string)
     return if string.nil?
-    Iconv.iconv("ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE", "UTF-8", string).join.downcase.gsub(/ /, '_').gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]/, '')
+    string.parameterize
   end
 end

lib/slugtastic/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Slugtastic
-  VERSION = "1.0.0"
+  VERSION = "1.1.0"
 end

spec/slugtastic/model_additions_spec.rb

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ end
 
 describe Slugtastic::ModelAdditions do
   it "generates a slug from the title" do
-    Model.create!(:title => "A Simple Title").slug.should eq "a_simple_title"
+    Model.create!(:title => "A Simple Title").slug.should eq "a-simple-title"
   end
 
   it "doesn't regenerate the slug if it already exists" do
     model = Model.create!(:title => "A Simple Title")
-    model.slug.should eq "a_simple_title"
+    model.slug.should eq "a-simple-title"
 
     model.title = "A new title"
     model.save
-    model.slug.should eq "a_simple_title"
+    model.slug.should eq "a-simple-title"
   end
 end

spec/slugtastic_spec.rb

@@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ describe Slugtastic do
     end
 
     it "generates a slug from a simple string" do
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A simple string.").should eq "a_simple_string"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A simple string.").should eq "a-simple-string"
     end
 
     it "generates a slug from a string with numbers" do
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Slugtastic was built in 2012.").should eq "slugtastic_was_built_in_2012"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Slugtastic was built in 2012.").should eq "slugtastic-was-built-in-2012"
     end
 
     it "handles strings with hypens in them" do
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A string - with Hyphens").should eq "a_string_-_with_hyphens"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A string - with Hyphens").should eq "a-string-with-hyphens"
     end
 
     it "handles strings with other characters in them" do
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A string, with /All sorts!").should eq "a_string_with_all_sorts"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("A string, with /All sorts!").should eq "a-string-with-all-sorts"
     end
 
     it "handles basic transliteration" do
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Un été À la maison.").should eq "un_ete_a_la_maison"
-      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Ātri brūna lapsa").should eq "atri_bruna_lapsa"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Un été À la maison.").should eq "un-ete-a-la-maison"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Ātri brūna lapsa").should eq "atri-bruna-lapsa"
     end
   end
 end