Re: [Rails] where to put logic

On 2 September 2012 19:23, brent brent <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Folks
> Quick question, i know db model logic goes into the model and how the
> views are interacted with goes into the controller code. And how the
> page looks goes into the view code with rails. But lets say i have a
> system call that shells out and runs a command that populates an array
> with a list of devices that i want to show in a select box in my view.
> Where would i put this type of system call at? Not sure if this goes
> into the controller or if this should be called from the view using a
> helper method, or should this go into the model. i know for long
> running external tasks i should use somthin like sidekiq but this an
> external call and is not expensive. so where is the best place to do
> things that happen from external calls and do not directly relate to the
> mvc? any advice would be helpfull thanks.

Remember you can have models that are not derived from ActiveRecord so
you could have a class to handle your external calls.

Colin

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