One issue with splitting the application into 3 will be consistency of deployment. If the models in the engine change you need to at a minimum run all the tests in all 3 systems, and possibly make updates, then find the time to deploy all 3. I know these situations are solvable, but I don't think it's worth introducing them if you strive to keep all your interfaces (web, import, export) well separated. You could add something like app/importers and app/exporters and treat them like "controllers" for the alternate interfaces. Also, the use of modules and namespaces can be useful for situations likes this.
On Apr 12, 6:45 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > Carsten Gehling wrote: > > I am maintaining a large Rails application, that consists of several > > "interfaces": > > > 1) The web interface (figures) > > 2) Import of data from external providers > > 3) Export of data to a large range of customers > > > It seems to me quite bloated to have all the code from 2) and 3) inside > > the web-application, since they functionally have nothing in common. The > > only reason for them being there, is that they also need the business > > rules implemented in the models. > [...] > > ii) Split my current application into 3 seperate applications - each > > only containing what is nessecary for its own uses: > > [...] > > I am not 100% sure that I'm correctly understanding the current > structure of your app, but if I am, my advice is this: you have one > application, accessible through multiple channels. Keep it that way -- > since it's one application, it probably shouldn't be broken down any > further from the user's point of view. Just keep everything modularized > well enough that the interfaces don't have much coupling to the models. > > (Of course, Phlip is liable to say something totally different, and if > he does, you should definitely listen to him, not me.) > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > [email protected]http://www.marnen.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
