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Rails Bad Practices Pete Higgins Seattle.rb
Me twitter: @pete_higgins github: @phiggins
Not me
Not me
Me
Me
“Why should I listen to you?”
What this isn't * An excuse to bash Rails *
Performance optimization * Comprehensive
What this isn't * An excuse to bash Rails *
Performance optimization
What this isn't * An excuse to bash Rails *
Performance optimization * A comprehensive list
Comprehensive * I am not a ZOMG Expert
Comprehensive * I am not a ZOMG Expert * “Do
these things and your code is fixed”
“Then what is this about?”
DHH Inventor of Rails and race cars. Original screencast: http://rubyonrails.ytmnd.com/
High level things I am obligated to mention
Comments
Cleverness Widget. where(foo_id:id). pluck(:timestamp). map(&:to_i). reduce(:-). abs
Debugging this ¯\_( ツ )_/¯
Cleverness Widget. where(foo_id:id). pluck(:timestamp). map(&:to_i). reduce(:-). abs
Resources are database models
Resources are not necessarily database models
Resources resource :profile, only: [:edit, :update] do member do get
'photo' => 'profile#edit_photo' post 'photo' => 'profile#update_photo' get 'crop_photo' end end
Resources resource :photo, only: [:edit, :create] resource :profile, only: [:edit,
:update]
Resources
Resources
Resources * Do one thing in controller / actions.
Cleverness * ActiveRecord callbacks. * Observers.
Resources * Do one thing in controller / actions. *
Delegate to other objects.
Models * Service Objects, Factories, Builders, non-ActiveRecord models.
Remove logic from views * Use view objects, presenters, form
objects, decorators, etc.
Use Ruby * What you call it isn't important. *
Not everything has to be a controller, model, helper or view.
Avoid @ivars def page @page ||= params[:page] || 1 end
private :page helper_method :page
Avoid @ivars def page @page ||= params[:page] || 1 end
private :page helper_method :page * rubygems.org/gems/ decent_exposure
None
Questions? twitter: @pete_higgins github: @phiggins