Is this thing here a helper or a model, or something else?

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Thanks guys, just learnt another "Ruby way" of doing stuff, you helped a lot!

Arailsdemo: "chunk" is a much better fitting name for what I'm planning to implement, thanks for this.

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If you haven't worked with the lib/ directory before, make sure you have

        config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)

in config/application.rb

Also, if you ever want to make yourself a gem, you could do something like

# lib/acts_as_chunky_time

module ActsAsChunkyTime

  def self.included(class_thats_including_my_module)     class_thats_including_my_module.extend ClassMethods   end

  module ClassMethods     def acts_as_chunky_time       include ActsAsChunkyTime::InstanceMethods     end   end

  module InstanceMethods     def set_start_time ...     def set_end_time ...     def get_time_blocks ...   end end

ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, ActsAsChunkyTime)

# my_model.rb

class MyModel < AR::Base   acts_as_chunky_time end

Manuel Kiessling wrote in post #974620:

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Arailsdemo A. wrote in post #974689:

If you haven't worked with the lib/ directory before, make sure you have

        config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)

in config/application.rb

Or not. You can also require your lib files explicitly if you'd rather, though autoloading is *very* convenient.

Best,