Which State Machine?

Rails
#1

A few years back I used AASM. More recently, I just build state
functionally by hand on an as needed basis. So I check out
rubygems.org and low-and-behold there are many offerings.

Here is a sampling:
http://rubygems.org/gems/state_machine
http://rubygems.org/gems/aasm
http://rubygems.org/gems/acts_as_state_machine
http://rubygems.org/gems/statemachine
or all of them:
http://rubygems.org/search?utf8=✓&query=state+machine

My question is… which one is considered the current “standard” in
state machine gems for rails 3?

#2

Don’t forget the ruote work flow engine

#3

You can try aasm https://github.com/rubyist/aasm or
transitionshttps://github.com/qoobaa/transitions
.

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Garrett L. <

#4

I’m not sure if we can say that there are any standards at all.
You should just check what fits for your needs best: transitions
declaration, callbacks, state checking interfaces etc.
Last time I was implementing state machine I chose AASM after trying
several other also just cos it fit to my needs best.
Just try to test at least a couple of gems it doesn’t actually take a
lot of time, but you’ll make your own opinion.