# Application plugins

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-plugins/122479>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-plugins/122479 "2007-12-07T23:04:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-plugins/122479/1 "2007-12-07T23:04:02Z")

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In cakephp (a rails like framework) there is an app/plugin directory.  
Here is the a “default” layout:

plugins/blog/controllers:  
plugins/blog/controllers/blog\_controller.php  
plugins/blog/models:  
plugins/blog/models/blog.php  
plugins/blog/views:  
plugins/blog/views/blog:  
plugins/blog/views/blog/index.ctp  
plugins/blog/views/blog/view.ctp

I really like, that I can just drop an application in that folder,  
install the database stuff, and then have a working application.  
The above url would be  
host/blog/  
host/blog/view/$id

Can I achieve the same In rails? How?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-plugins/122479/2 "2007-12-07T23:28:05Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> Can I achieve the same In rails? How?

The “Engine” plugin does a similar behavior. Last I checked it was not  
compatible with Rails 2.0 that just came out but works fine with older  
versions and I am sure it will be working with Rails 2.0 soon.

Eric

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-plugins/122479/3 "2007-12-07T23:40:24Z")

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[http://rails-engines.org/](http://rails-engines.org/)