[Rails-core] A concern about rails validators, breaking MVC in complex projects

2013-02-22 Thread dosadnizub
Hi all :) Brought this issue to you from here: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/9362 Problem is, that rails validations as they are now have a dual nature, they are something that: 1. helps keep the basic model data integrity (model concept, validate uniqueness of email on user

Re: [Rails-core] A concern about rails validators, breaking MVC in complex projects

2013-02-22 Thread Matt Jones
On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:53 AM, dosadni...@gmail.com wrote: https://gist.github.com/bbozo/5006180 This would allow us to handle highly specific controller-introduced validators inside the controller and without adding unnecessary bloat in other areas (usually in unit test factories and

Re: [Rails-core] A concern about rails validators, breaking MVC in complex projects

2013-02-22 Thread Jonathan Lozinski
If you're unit testing, just create a user bypassing validation: User.create! :validate = false That is if you even need a user object at all rather than a stub To me validations are just fine in models (as in specifying which apply) along with relationships to other entities. That's pretty