"followed you"

app/models/notifications/started_following.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Notifications::StartedFollowing < Notification
+end

app/models/relationship.rb

@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ class Relationship < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :target, class_name: 'User'
   validates :source_id, presence: true
   validates :target_id, presence: true
+
+  def notification_type(*_args)
+    Notifications::StartedFollowing
+  end
 end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # follows an user.
   def follow(target_user)
-    active_relationships.create(target: target_user)
+    relationship = active_relationships.create(target: target_user)
+    Notification.notify target_user, relationship
 
     # increment counts
     increment! :friend_count

app/views/notifications/index.html.haml

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
       - Notification.for(current_user).each do |notification|
         %li.list-group-item
           .media
-            .pull-left
+            - case notification.target_type
-              %img.notification--img{src: gravatar_url(notification.target.user)}
+              - when "Answer"
-            .media-body
+                .pull-left
-              %h6.media-heading.notification--user
+                  %img.notification--img{src: gravatar_url(notification.target.user)}
-                = user_screen_name notification.target.user
+                .media-body
-              - case notification.target_type
+                  %h6.media-heading.notification--user
-                - when "Answer"
+                    = user_screen_name notification.target.user
                   %p.notification--text
                     answered
                     %a{href: show_user_answer_path(username: notification.target.user.screen_name, id: notification.target.id)}
@@ -20,17 +20,16 @@
                     ago
                   .notification--icon
                     %i.fa.fa-exclamation
-      %li.list-group-item
+              - when "Relationship"
-        .media
+                .pull-left
-          .pull-left
+                  %img.notification--img{src: gravatar_url(notification.target.source)}
-            %img.notification--img
+                .media-body
-          .media-body
+                  %h6.media-heading.notification--user
-            %h6.media-heading.notification--user
+                    = user_screen_name notification.target.source
-              username
+                  %p.notification--text
-            %p.notification--text
+                    followed you!
-              followed you!
+                  .notification--icon
-            .notification--icon
+                    %i.fa.fa-users
-              %i.fa.fa-users
       %li.list-group-item
         .media
           .pull-left