Load All ActiveRecord::Base Model Classes in Rails Application
Here is a simple rake task which will instantiate all of your Active Record models, provided that they are located in the RAILS_ROOT/app/models directory. Interestingly, all plugin models are instantiated by default when you run the task, for instance, if...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Defining Application Constants for Ruby on Rails Application
The best place to keep application constants which are environment specific is in config/environments directory. For instance...
# in RAILS_ROOT/config/environments/development.rb
APP_DOMAIN = "localhost"
# in RAILS_ROOT/config/environments/production.rb...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012