# Using depreciated methods & things moved to plugins (ex. act\_as\_tree) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772 "2008-01-11T22:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/1 "2008-01-11T22:27:05Z")
As a Rails newbie, I am not sure how to feel about methods that have been moved into plugins. Why are they moved into plugins in the first place? Should I use the plugin if it wasn’t good enough to keep in the core code? ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/2 "2008-01-11T22:29:25Z")
It was moved out of the core because the functionality is not core functionality. The plugins (acts\_as\_list / acts\_as\_tree) are the same, and just as supported. It’s all about consistency, that code fits better as plugins. Jason ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/3 "2008-01-11T22:36:34Z")
So using code that has been moved out from rails into plugins is not a bad idea? I’m afraid of learning how to use them and building apps w/ them and later find out that there is a better way to do it and that is why it was removed in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/4 "2008-01-12T14:24:14Z")
That being said, I would be really hesitant to use the “classic” pagination plugin instead of the recommended will\_paginate [or it’s less appreciated but equally awesome sister paginating\_find]. There’s a reason pagination was taken out of Rails core based on inefficiency. RSL ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/5 "2008-01-11T22:54:45Z")
Well, the concern you’ve got here is slightly different. Unfortunately with software, this happens all the time, and Rails is a constantly evolving library. Something that might be The Way (aka REST right now), may in a few months time be replaced with something better. You can’t be afraid of this or you’ll never get any work done. Work with what’s available now, and as things change you can move with the changes or you can stay with the older versions, which will still work. Jason ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/6 "2008-01-13T13:25:19Z")
The classic pagination is the only one off hand that I can think of that was specifically deprecated because Rails core found it to be suboptimal. IIRC the others were moved to plugins because they were deemed to be peripheral functionality. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong there. 🙂 RSL ---
**Author:** ![melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@melvinram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melvinram)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-depreciated-methods-things-moved-to-plugins-ex-act-as-tree/125772/7 "2008-01-13T02:34:16Z")
Are there other plugins you would recommend staying away from? ~ mel