Ruby on Rails

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Linus Pettersson
<linus.pettersson@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I have a method that is useful in both models and in views, where would
> be the appropriate place to put it?

# config/initializer/preload_helpers.rb

require "my_app/my_helper"

# lib/my_app/my_helper.rb ->

module MyHelper
module_function
def helper
puts "win"
end
end

# app/helpers/application_helpers.rb ->

class ApplicationHelpers
include MyHelper
end

# app/models/my_model.rb ->

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
include Myhelper
end


> The method in question just takes two dates as strings, tries to parse them
> and returns all dates in the range between them. It also takes care of the
> issues when the dates are badly formatted etc etc..
>
> This method is being used in several models (so a simple class method in one
> model doesn't seem appropriate) and also in some view helpers.
>
> So, where does this method belong in rails?

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