Hi Guys,
I would like some advice - I am new to Rails although not new to development. I have read numerous rails tutorials - however they all seem to build around forms interacting with a database. My question is how do models/controllers work when it goes beyond just adding things into databases?
For instance if I was to build a hotel booking engine, and I want to build out the 'search' functionality. The search functionality has 3 basic elements.
1) Store the Users search requirements (e.g. destination, dates, rooms) in a table - this obviously is easy with rails (based on a users search form). 2) Perform a search against a 3rd party XML feed. 3) Store results in another database table.
My question is - what logic should go in a controller? and what should go in the models?
The user will enter data into a form, which will have a controller and action, so should there be a separate model for each of the 3 above ? and one controller? whats the best practice for doing such things or is there some good tutorials on how to architect a solution with rails?
Regards
Peter