Where do most Rails apps usually keep their non-active-record classes?
In app/models?
In lib/some_file.rb?
Someplace else?
Where do most Rails apps usually keep their non-active-record classes? In app/models? In lib/some_file.rb?
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Where do most Rails apps usually keep their non-active-record classes?
In app/models?
In lib/some_file.rb?
Someplace else?
It depends what is the purpose of this class. If this is something like a model. On example, by default mailers are put in
app/modelsand it isn’t ActiveRecord. If you want to add some classes that are used in your application in many places and it isn’t model-related, then probably the best place is to put it in alibdirectory. If you want to reuse it, you can also create a plugin with your class and then it would be placed invendor/plugins.You can also put it in
config/initializersif it fits into this category.To sum up: it depends what your class is about. Put it in a place where it fits. If you have doubts, put it in
libdirectory.