[Rails] anyone using their Models for other things besides initial Rails app?

[Austin Moody]

Here at work I have the following:

* A Rails app running on a Linux server.
* Backend Ruby scripts that do other processing related to the Rails
app (some interfaces with outside entities, etc....).  There are a
couple of different linux boxes, and one AIX server that these run
one.

All of the above need the same models, so I created a RubyGem of them
all together.  That way I can just require this gem in my Rails app as
well as any other Ruby script that needs the model.

This may not be the best way to do it, but it has been the easiest so
far for me and hasn't presented any problems yet.  If something needs
changed in the model I just have to re-build my gem and then run 'gem
update' on my servers.

--austin

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:50:28 -0800, Michael Koziarski
<koziarski at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:56:40 -0800, Miles Keaton <mileskeaton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is anyone using their Ruby files created in /models/ for other things
> > besides that initial Rails app?
> 
> Here's what I've done so far:
> 
> * rails website for the  users (me and a few others)
> * ruby scripts from cron for admin  etc.
> 
> This is the beauty of encapsulating all your logic in the one place.
> As far as implementation goes, I use subversion to store all the
> source and externals to link them together (probably an easier way
> ...).
> 
> In your shell scripts you'll need to establish_connection before the
> AR calls can work:
> 
> http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M000283
> 
> 
> > What if you want to have two different Rails projects shaing the
> > *exact* same models?   Use unix's symlinks?
> >
> > Some scenarios I'm imagining:
> >
> > * - a website, available to public, uses models for person, record,
> > transaction, etc.
> >
> > * - back-end intranet, used inside the office for running the
> > business, would need exact same models, to make sure business rules
> > are identical, though an entirely different website for employees to
> > use.
> >
> > * - shell scripts, run by cron, that parse or email reports to clients
> > without needed a human to click on a web page.
> >
> > What would you guys recommend for a setup like this?
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> 
> --
> Cheers
> 
> Koz
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