Annotate Your Models
One of the primary functions of any ORM (e.g. Active::Record) is to provide all those neat little “ghost” methods to manipulate your persistent data. The problem is that ghosts are invisible. It can be frustrating to open a model file and see nothing about the model’s attributes. For Active::Record the solution is the annotate gem.
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Sending email: Controllers versus Models
While reviewing some code recently, I came across controller code that resembled the following.
if @customer.save
CustomerMailer.deliver_welcome_message(@customer)
flash[:message] = "Your account has been successfully created. We've sent you a welcome letter with..."
redirect_to dashboard_path
else
...
endFairly typical Rails code. Nothing alarming here, but I wanted to evaluate the call to the mailer in...
