Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime

Obie Fernandez: Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime

Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime

I often store Ruby code in the fields of ActiveRecord object, giving me the ability to morph the system's behavior at runtime. Metaprogramming in the large , if you will. This is one of my favorite techniques in the Ruby on Rails sphere and one of the reasons I love working with dynamic languages. I'm not exactly recommending this technique to anyone, since it's akin to juggling live chainsaws. You especially don't want to architect an entire production system this way, since there are negative implications for peformance and testability. However, the implementations can be simple and a little bit here and there have gone a long way for me over the years.

Full article: http://blog.obiefernandez.com/content/2012/02/metaprogram...

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@svenyurgensson » 09 Mar '12, 10am
Интересный подход к сериализации кода [link]
@achilued » 01 Mar '12, 8am
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@id_ruby » 29 Feb '12, 4pm
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@alejandrovalle » 29 Feb '12, 3pm
Awesome "Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime" #rails [link]
@allenwei » 29 Feb '12, 7am
Obie Fernandez: Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime [link]
@jordibunster » 29 Feb '12, 3am
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@subwindow » 29 Feb '12, 1am
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@_pangui_ » 29 Feb '12, 1am
Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime [link] tremendo patrón! cc @elpuma
@_pangui_ » 29 Feb '12, 1am
RT @obie: Surprised more people didn't shout at me for Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime [link] #jugglingchainsaws
@obie » 29 Feb '12, 12am
Surprised more people didn't shout at me for Metaprogramming Your ActiveRecord Objects at Runtime [link] #jugglingchainsaws
@RubyReflector » 28 Feb '12, 10pm
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@obie » 28 Feb '12, 7pm
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@gozali » 29 Feb '12, 4pm
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@nicba72 » 29 Feb '12, 1am
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