On Oct 2, 7:55 pm, Dave <davidtgoldb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I posted this on stackoverflow but I figure its probably relevant here
> too. I checked out the post with David and Steve Yen corresponding
> but I am still at a loss and am curious if any progress has been made
> in this direction. So, here goes. I am creating a website which will
> need two types of users: students and providers. In a traditional java
> setting I would create a user class (or interface) and then create two
> classes which inherited from the user. Is this the best course in
> scala too, using the "extends" and "with" modifiers? If that is indeed
> the best way (which I suspect it is), what the best way to map this in
> the DB? Would it be best to keep a "type" column and then have it set
> to one or the other? Etc.
A student is not a kind of user, nor is a provider. They are roles
that a user plays in your system.
While your business rules may state that this is not possible, it is
possible in the real world. That's what's best to model, since
business rules can change quite easily.
I can even make an argument that Person has user as role, and that
there are two types of users.
>
> The second question is how to work with the view. The display will be
> very different depending on which type of user one is and so I figure
> there will be some serious routing logic involved or at least logic
> built into snippets in the view.
Why not use 3 directories, one for common stuff, one for the provider
and one for the student.
Reduces the number of if statements that way.
>
> I guess the overarching question is: Is there a "preferred" way to go
> about doing this (like a recipe in rails or some such), or am I kind
> of out on my own?
>
> Thanks
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