On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Johnneylee Rollins <johnneylee.roll...@gmail.com> wrote: > Additionally, you can put it inside its own class and use that as necessary. > It'd be similar to the previous answer, but instead of including that > behaviour, you'd get an instance of that class and pass in the strings > either in #initialize or the method you use to parse and call that method. > > ~Spaceghost > > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Jordon Bedwell <envyge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Linus Pettersson >> <linus.petters...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > If I have a method that is useful in both models and in views, where >> > would >> > be the appropriate place to put it? >> >> # config/initializer/preload_helpers.rb >> >> require "my_app/my_helper" >> >> # lib/my_app/my_helper.rb -> >> >> module MyHelper >> module_function >> def helper >> puts "win" >> end >> end >> >> # app/helpers/application_helpers.rb -> >> >> class ApplicationHelpers >> include MyHelper >> end >> >> # app/models/my_model.rb -> >> >> class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base >> include Myhelper >> end >> >> >> > The method in question just takes two dates as strings, tries to parse >> > them >> > and returns all dates in the range between them. It also takes care of >> > the >> > issues when the dates are badly formatted etc etc.. >> > >> > This method is being used in several models (so a simple class method in >> > one >> > model doesn't seem appropriate) and also in some view helpers. >> > >> > So, where does this method belong in rails? >> >> Read Above.
Sounds to me like this would be better as a gem, since it seems to be completely independent of the application (and probably have much broader use!) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
