What methods go in the model vs. the controller?

agonyou · November 14, 2006, 8:03pm

I suspect my brain is staring to reform itself to Rails thinking, but
I need help with a concept:

On p. 150 of the Agile Web Dev book, we put a method in the Orders
model: add_lineitems_to_cart.

Why did this go in the Orders model instead of the Store controller
(where we were just saving the cart to the database)?

Thanks,

Austin G.
Thinking & Making: IA, UX, and IxD
http://thinkingandmaking.com
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agonyou · November 14, 2006, 8:33pm

Hi Austin,

Check out this article by Jamis B., I think he explains it well why
it’s better to have models pulling as much of their weight as they
can.

Tim C.