So you keep your Rails models as simply a data-access later, and move all
domain logic to a mirrored set of classes that are easy to unit test in
isolation?

On 26 August 2011 16:15, Scott Harvey <[email protected]> wrote:

> > However, due to Rail's tight coupling of the models and the database
> layer I
> > will concede that there are times when you have no choice but to hit the
> > database (e.g. for testing CRUD operatios and testing the result of a
> named
> > scope that relies on an aggregation performed in a database query - you
> need
> > to test that named scope, and if the work is happing in the DB then
> you'll
> > need it for the unit test)
>
> I guess this might be an argument for restructuring your Rails
> application so your models stick to the Single Responsibility
> Principle.
>
> An approach to this was outlined by Yehuda in this Stack Overflow answer.
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1068558/oo-design-in-rails-where-to-put-stuff/1071510#1071510
>
> I haven't tried this myself or seen any other applications using this
> pattern but it sounds good in principle and would decouple a lot of
> classes from the database layer.
>
> Scott
>
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