Anyone know of a plugin that lets you create dynamic models? eg an app with multiple projects and each project manager can add their own fields to the project profile
Having made a hideous extension for ActiveRecord called DynamicActiveRecord for project a while back, I can say with confidence that you are better off creating a system with seperate models: Project, Field, Option etc.
This creates a far more manageable application and will help you to avoid any 12 hour straight core application re-writes when the client's system collapses under the weight of all that magic...
Having said that, perhaps some more intelligent developers have achieved this in a nice way. However, I would still argue that simple and neat is the best way to go.
Steve
I can see how a "DynamicActiveRecord" extension could get hairy and overcomplicated. I'd be happy with just some kind of plugin to manage a separate dynamic model like you indicated that lets me extend a AR model with a handful of extra fields.