where to put non-rails module in Rails tree?

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi all -

Suppose I have developed a module that is neither a model or controller (say, it parses a config file) in plain ruby (non-Rails), where should I put it within the rails application tree? Also, where would I put the corresponding unit tests so that rake will run them along with my Rails tests?

Thanks,

Ken

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Hi all -

Suppose I have developed a module that is neither a model or controller (say, it parses a config file) in plain ruby (non-Rails), where should I put it within the rails application tree? Also, where would I put the corresponding unit tests so that rake will run them along with my Rails tests?

If it's part of your biz logic, put it in /app/model (just don't inherit from AR::Base).

If it's an 'external' library, add it to /lib, for instance using svn:externals. Libraries should have their own tests, completely unrelated to your rails project.

Isak