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The Even Darker Art of Rails Engines
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lazyatom
May 05, 2009
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The Even Darker Art of Rails Engines
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Transcript
The Even-Darker Art of Rails Engines
@lazyatom
github.com/lazyatom/engines
Rails 2.3
history
November 2005
it’s distracting!
reuse is overrated!
Evil! Evil! Evil! Evil! Evil! Evil! Evil! Evil! Shit!
eek!
appable_plugins
desert
merb slices?
None
engines
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$$@/-"="A/6)>B1'()/05.#/-"C "0! !"#$D/"8.7%)9 $$@/-"=E'/0B!/1";)'1<F$G%77GF$GD/"86GC "0!
app/controllers/ models/ helpers/ views/ metal/
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9"-7"1$J%-- won’t load from your plugin
Ticket #1905
config/routes.rb
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top precedence
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in your plugin: in your app:
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in your plugin: in your app:
Ticket #2592 (also Ticket #329)
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what’s missing?
public assets
copy
file clash
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
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migrations
simple DSL
rollback
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it gets worse
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bk2204/475332962/
single timeline
app migration 1 app migration 2 plugin migration 1 app
migration 3 plugin migra install upgrade You Me
app migration 1 app migration 2 plugin migration 1 app
migration 3 plugin migration 2 You
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Reference? Symlink?
Ticket #2058 interblah.net/plugin-migrations
my recommendation? (for the moment, at least)
write a generator c$6;1/7):5"0"1%)"$%;)6.%6.#(.2/51%)/'06 $$$$ $$$"A/6)6$$!&:2/51%)" $$$;1"%)"$$!&:2/51%)":VWWXW\W\YYYZZd.&-%9=1& c$=== (within your
plugin)
techniques
overriding functionality
views just work
controllers
straight override
None
None
module
None
None
None
namespaced
None
None
None
playing nice with the class cache
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O;)/D"_(77'1)JJe"7"0!"0;/"6=-'%!.'0;".7%)96
ApplicationController AppController PluginController
ApplicationController PluginController
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init.rb woes
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testing
ApplicationController PluginController AppController
ApplicationController PluginController Their Code Your Code
None
! " # $
None
unit test?
test in your own rails environment?
plugin_test_helper
I care about testing my chunk
You care about testing your whole app
empower the developer
avoiding fail
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consume wisely
Serving Size 14 kloc Nutrition Facts Amount Per Serving 1
bad engine Calories 10,666 Long Methods 1578g 34% God Objects 326g 7% Stress 320mg 119% Total Fat 2674g 98% Hairloss 45g 45.8% % Daily Value* Technical Debt 13g 87% Untested Code 1578mg 34% Hidden Bugs 326mg 7% Benefit 1mg 0.1%
you will not be able to write some engines.
you will not be able to use some engines.
extract specific functionality
establish some clear integration points
you are customer #1
READ the CODE
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FIN