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Thanks!

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Hark

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Substantial

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What the hell is ActiveSupport::Concern?

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I have no idea.

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U Concerned, Bro?

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Aaron Patterson @tenderlove

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Lead Pun Architect

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Substantial, Thanks

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Gorbachev Puff-Puff Thunderhorse

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Rails Core ~ 3 years (I think)

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Confession

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What’s in a name?

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Classes ❤ File ❤ Hash ❤ Set ❤ Array

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Modules ❤ Enumerable ❤ Comparable

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AS::Concern

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“Concern” is a noun

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“Concern” is a noun

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“Son, We’re Concerned”

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Grown Man.

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Stay Classy Change Your Self Track Dependents

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Stay Classy.

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Class Methods module MyEnumerable def my_first end module ClassMethods def my_new end end def self.included(klass) klass.extend ClassMethods end end

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Including class Aaron include MyEnumerable end p Aaron.respond_to?(:my_new) # => true p Aaron.new.respond_to?(:my_first) # => true

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With Concern module MyEnumerable extend ActiveSupport::Concern def my_first end module ClassMethods def my_new end end end

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Including class Aaron include MyEnumerable end p Aaron.respond_to?(:my_new) # => true p Aaron.new.respond_to?(:my_first) # => true

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Be Careful!

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Normal Include module MyEnumerable def my_first end end class Aaron p singleton_methods # => [] include MyEnumerable p singleton_methods # => [] end

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Normal Extend module MyEnumerable def my_first end end class Aaron p singleton_methods # => [] extend MyEnumerable p singleton_methods # => [:my_first] end

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Users May Be Surprised

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Do I need this?

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Are you coupled?

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Change Your Self.

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Setting up ivars

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Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods end end

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Warning! class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo end

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Warning! class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo end @foo not initialized

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Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods @foo = 10 end end

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Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods @foo = 10 end end self == MyEnumerable

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Class Accessor module MyEnumerable module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end def self.included klass klass.extend ClassMethods klass.class_eval do @foo = 10 end end end

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Working Code class Aaron include MyEnumerable p foo # => 10 end

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With Concern module MyEnumerable extend ActiveSupport::Concern module ClassMethods attr_accessor :foo end included do @foo = 10 end end self == included class

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Isolating Setup

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Class Method Calls class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base scope :foo, -> { ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } # other methods end

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Module Extraction module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.scope :foo, -> { ... } klass.scope :bar, -> { ... } klass.scope :baz, -> { ... } end end

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Module Extraction module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.scope :foo, -> { ... } klass.scope :bar, -> { ... } klass.scope :baz, -> { ... } end end

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class_eval module Findable def self.included(klass) klass.class_eval do scope :foo, -> { ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } end end end

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Concerned module Findable extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do scope :foo, -> { ... } scope :bar, -> { ... } scope :baz, -> { ... } end end

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Track Your Dependents.

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Two Modules module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end # .... end end module Bar def self.included klass klass.some_method end end

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Bar depends on Foo

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Usage class Aaron include Foo include Bar end

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Usage - BOOM! class Aaron include Bar include Foo end

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Try to Fix module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end end end module Bar include Foo def self.included klass klass.some_method end end

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Try to Fix module Foo module ClassMethods def some_method end end end module Bar include Foo def self.included klass klass.some_method end end

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Fix with class_eval module Bar def self.included klass klass.class_eval do include Foo end klass.some_method end end

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Concerned module Bar extend ActiveSupport::Concern include Foo included do some_method end end

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Concerned module Bar extend ActiveSupport::Concern include Foo included do some_method end end NOT Ruby’s Include

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When should I be concerned?

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You probably shouldn’t be.

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Can you simplify?

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Many Dependencies

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THANKS!