Question

I have a array of data, for example times (7:00am, 7:30am, etc.), that I want stored and referenced in a couple places.

1) Where should I store this data? I was originally thinking in my DB (I’m using mongoid) but I’m not sure if that’s over kill.

2) How would I go about referencing it? Let’s say, from a drop down menu.

Answer 1

In this kind of situation, I create a Constants module in lib:

module Constants
  SCHEDULER_STEPS = %w( 7:00am 7:30am )
end

Then I access it wherever I need with:

Constants::SCHEDULER_STEPS

Note: be sure to add libs to your autoload path in the configuration file.