Create next tasks directly after creating a periodic task

app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class TasksController < ApplicationController
       @task.periodic_task_group = PeriodicTaskGroup.new
     end
     if @task.save
+      @task.periodic_task_group.create_tasks_for_upfront_days if params[:periodic]
       redirect_to tasks_url, :notice => I18n.t('tasks.create.notice')
     else
       render :template => "tasks/new"

app/models/periodic_task_group.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ class PeriodicTaskGroup < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.save
   end
 
+  def create_tasks_until(create_until)
+    if has_next_task?
+      while next_task_date.nil? || next_task_date < create_until
+        create_next_task
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def create_tasks_for_upfront_days
+    create_until = Date.today + FoodsoftConfig[:tasks_upfront_days].to_i + 1
+    create_tasks_until create_until
+    create_until
+  end
+
   def exclude_tasks_before(task)
     tasks.where("due_date < '#{task.due_date}'").each do |t|
       t.update_attribute(:periodic_task_group, nil)

lib/tasks/foodsoft.rake

@@ -39,13 +39,8 @@ namespace :foodsoft do
   desc "Create upcoming periodic tasks"
   task :create_upcoming_periodic_tasks => :environment do
     for tg in PeriodicTaskGroup.all
-      if tg.has_next_task?
-        create_until = Date.today + FoodsoftConfig[:tasks_upfront_days].to_i + 1
-        rake_say "creating until #{create_until}"
-        while tg.next_task_date.nil? || tg.next_task_date < create_until
-          tg.create_next_task
-        end
-      end
+      created_until tg.create_tasks_for_upfront_days
+      rake_say "created until #{created_until}"
     end
   end
 end