Re: [Rails] Refactoring Advise

Thanks Hassan, I appreciate it. Once I do get that test gap filled out based on your experience what would be the best way to move forward:

1) move the models to a plugin?

2) use Rails Engine?

3) re-write everything?

4) build the api/new user interface on top of the existing app?

Thanks a lot.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Michael Pavling <pavling@gmail.com> wrote:

> ... and the starting place for that might be to spend some time

> getting good test coverage in place.

 s/ might be / is definitely /

As someone who's taken over existing apps with little or no test
coverage (and would prefer not to repeat the experience!), I can
assure you that filling in that gap before you touch *anything* will
make your life more pleasant  :-)

And if there aren't many tests, there's a good chance you'll find
code that would benefit from refactoring anyway, which will make
it easier to separate out or upgrade, whichever you choose.

FWIW,
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