This question is more about strategy than a how-to.
I have MyApplication which interfaces with ApplicationX through xml-rpc calls. In MyApplication I display information from ApplicationX. This information are from classes within ApplicationX.
Currently, I continue to go back and forth with the best way to approach this. Do I:
- replicate the information into MyApplication and deal with syncing issues. The pros I see with this route are easy validations, ActiveRecord associations, RESTful urls, etc..
or
- just make api calls whenever I need the information and deal with non-ActiveRecord models. The pros I see with this option is not having to continually sync the data with ApplicationX.
or
- Is there a way to do both? Create ActiveRecord models with an xml-rpc connection instead of MySQL connection. Is this possible?
I guess I'm wondering the best approach to take with the described senario. Any tips?
