[Solar-talk] Rails components

[Paul M Jones]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Arnaud Limbourg wrote:

> I found the link I was looking for that talks briefly about rails
> components.
>
> http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2006/08/30/guide-things-you-shouldnt- 
> be-doing-in-rails
>
> "
> Using Components
>
> Components don’t belong in Rails. Don’t use them. They weren’t an
> extraction. They weren’t well planned. When you want to use a  
> component
> it is probably because you misunderstand them or really want a  
> partial.
> Rethink what you’re doing. The rest of the Rails world has written off
> components for a reason and they’ll probably be deprecated by 2.0.  
> Resist.
> "

Preach the Word.

There are other important things in that article, too, not least of  
which is the implication that Rails is a moving target.  Anyone  
trying to port Rails to another language, even broadly, is going to  
have quite a time of it.




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