I have exhausted all thoughts on how to actually get jquery file upload to work, so screw it, I am just going to make something homegrown for tomorrow

Gemfile

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ group :development do
   gem 'rb-fsevent'
   gem 'guard-shell'
   gem 'bundler-audit'
+  gem 'guard-livereload'
+  gem 'rack-livereload'
 end
 
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ end
 group :assets do
   gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.3'
   gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
-
+  gem 'jquery-fileupload-rails'
   # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
   # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby
 

Gemfile.lock

@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ GEM
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.6.2)
+    em-websocket (0.5.0)
+      eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
+      http_parser.rb (~> 0.5.3)
     erubis (2.7.0)
+    eventmachine (1.0.3)
     execjs (1.4.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
     fastercsv (1.5.5)
@@ -68,15 +72,23 @@ GEM
     guard-brakeman (0.6.3)
       brakeman (>= 1.8.2)
       guard (>= 1.1.0)
+    guard-livereload (1.3.0)
+      em-websocket (>= 0.2.0)
+      guard (>= 1.5.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
     guard-shell (0.5.1)
       guard (>= 1.1.0)
     haml (4.0.2)
       tilt
     highline (1.6.16)
     hike (1.2.2)
+    http_parser.rb (0.5.3)
     i18n (0.6.1)
     journey (1.0.4)
-    jquery-rails (2.2.1)
+    jquery-fileupload-rails (0.4.1)
+      actionpack (>= 3.1)
+      railties (>= 3.1)
+    jquery-rails (3.0.1)
       railties (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
     json (1.7.7)
@@ -101,6 +113,8 @@ GEM
     rack (1.4.5)
     rack-cache (1.2)
       rack (>= 0.4)
+    rack-livereload (0.3.15)
+      rack
     rack-ssl (1.3.3)
       rack
     rack-test (0.6.2)
@@ -172,10 +186,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coffee-rails (~> 3.2.1)
   foreman
   guard-brakeman
+  guard-livereload
   guard-shell
+  jquery-fileupload-rails
   jquery-rails
   minitest
   powder
+  rack-livereload
   rails (= 3.2.13)
   rb-fsevent
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)

Guardfile

@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ end
 guard :shell do
 	watch(%r{^Gemfile|Gemfile.lock$}) { system("bundle-audit")}
 end
+
+guard 'livereload', host: "railsgoat.dev", port: '35727' do
+  watch(%r{app/views/.+\.(erb|haml|slim)$})
+  watch(%r{app/helpers/.+\.rb})
+  watch(%r{public/.+\.(css|js|html)})
+  watch(%r{config/locales/.+\.yml})
+  # Rails Assets Pipeline
+  watch(%r{(app|vendor)(/assets/\w+/(.+\.(css|js|html))).*}) { |m| "/assets/#{m[3]}" }
+end

app/assets/javascripts/application.js

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 //= require jquery.validate.js
 //= require jquery.snippet.js
 //= require jquery.easy-pie-chart.js
+//= require jquery-fileupload/basic
+//= require jquery-fileupload/vendor/tmpl
 
 function rubyCodeFormat() {
 	

app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  *= require_self
  *= require_tree .
+ *= require jquery.fileupload-ui
  */
 
 p.desc {

app/controllers/benefit_forms_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class BenefitFormsController < ApplicationController
   
   def index
+    @benefits = Benefits.new
   end
 
 
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ class BenefitFormsController < ApplicationController
    end
   end
   
+  def upload
+    
+  end
+
   
 =begin  
     # More secure version

app/models/benefits.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Benefits < ActiveRecord::Base
+ 
+ def self.save(file)
+   
+ end
+ 
+end

app/views/benefit_forms/index.html.erb

@@ -52,20 +52,72 @@
 		        <!-- End Widget Body -->  
 			</div>
 		    </div>
-		
+		</div>
-		    
+		<div class="row-fluid">
-		    
+		    <div class="span12">
+		      <div class="widget">
+		        <div class="widget-header">
+		          <div class="title">
+		            <span class="fs1" aria-hidden="true" data-icon="&#xe023;"></span> Health Insurance
+		          </div>
+		        </div>
+		        <!-- Begin Widget Body -->
+		        <div class="widget-body">
+					<div>
+					  <h2>Upload file</h2>
+					  <%= form_for @benefits, :url => upload_path, :html => { :action => "upload", :multipart => true, :id => "fi"  } do |f| %>
+					    <!-- The fileupload-buttonbar contains buttons to add/delete files and start/cancel the upload -->
+					    <div>
+					      <div>
+					        <!-- The fileinput-button span is used to style the file input field as button -->
+					        <span class="btn btn-success fileinput-button">
+					          <i class="icon-plus icon-white"></i>
+					          <span>Add files...</span>
+					          <%= f.file_field :upload %>
+					        </span>
+					        <button id="start_upload" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary start">
+					          <i class="icon-upload icon-white"></i>
+					          <span><%= t('fileupload.start_upload') %></span>
+					        </button>
+					        <input type="checkbox" class="toggle">
+					      </div>
+					      <div class="span5">
+					        <!-- The global progress bar -->
+					        <div class="progress progress-success progress-striped active fade">
+					          <div class="bar" style="width:0%;"></div>
+					        </div>
+					      </div>
+					    </div>
+					    <!-- The loading indicator is shown during image processing -->
+					    <div class="fileupload-loading"></div>
+					    <br>
+					    <!-- The table listing the files available for upload/download -->
+					    <table class="table table-striped"><tbody class="files" data-toggle="modal-gallery" data-target="#modal-gallery"></tbody>
+					    </table>
+					  <% end %>
+					<div id="progress">
+					    <div class="bar" style="width: 0%;"></div>
+					</div>
 
 					</div>
 			    </div>
 			  </div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>	
+
+
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
    
+
 	function makeActive(){
 		$('li[id="benefit_forms"]').addClass('active');
 	};
 	
- $(document).ready(makeActive)	
+ 	$(document).ready(
+ 	   makeActive
+ 	);
 	
 </script>

config/environments/development.rb

@@ -34,4 +34,13 @@ Railsgoat::Application.configure do
 
   # Expands the lines which load the assets
   config.assets.debug = true
+  
+  config.middleware.insert_before(
+       Rack::Lock, Rack::LiveReload,
+       :min_delay => 500,
+       :max_delay => 1000,
+       :port => 35727,
+       :host => 'railsgoat.dev',
+       :ignore => [ %r{dont/modify\.html$} ]
+  )
 end

config/routes.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ resources :users do
 end
 
 get "download" => "benefit_forms#download"
+post "upload" => "benefit_forms#upload"
 
 resources :tutorials do
   collection do 

db/migrate/20130708202859_create_benefits.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class CreateBenefits < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :benefits do |t|
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130531182058) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130708202859) do
+
+  create_table "benefits", :force => true do |t|
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
+  end
 
   create_table "paid_time_offs", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"

test/fixtures/benefits.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Read about fixtures at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Fixtures.html
+
+# This model initially had no columns defined.  If you add columns to the
+# model remove the '{}' from the fixture names and add the columns immediately
+# below each fixture, per the syntax in the comments below
+#
+one: {}
+# column: value
+#
+two: {}
+#  column: value

test/unit/benefits_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class BenefitsTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end