Re: Fat Models vs. App Controller

to me it sounds list behaviours

all controllers extend the app controller - choose carefully what you put here

if the stuff is entity related it goes in model

you can add to app model (& helper & error also) in the same way as you can with app controller

fat models, skinny controllers and athletic behaviours
http://nuts-and-bolts-of-cakephp.com/tag/observable-behavior/
 - S

On 26 February 2011 23:46, Eric Anderson <andersoneric777@gmail.com> wrote:

Ya a component doesn't necessarily work because I'm interfacing with
the DB (inserting, deleting, querying) a lot. I'm thinking from
articles I've been digging up (Mark Story's personal site) that
putting these functions in my Activity controller makes the most
sense, then I can just grab feeds, save data, etc by calling the
function through related models.

As for "libs", what do you mean? I can create a library for these
functions? Can you explain further?

Thanks!

Eric

On Feb 26, 4:39 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> usually you would put functions you use in multiple controllers in
> either the model (data?) or a component (logic?)
> you can also use libs to "dry" your code :)
>
> On 27 Feb., 00:02, Eric Anderson <andersoneric...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi everyone,
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> > Just wondering when it comes to performance and any other factors you
> > may deem important, what's the better option for storing functions
> > that I will use among many controllers: A function in the model that I
> > can then access via $this->Model->Model->function() or a function
> > inside of my App Controller?
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> > Moreover, when is it better to put a function in a model and when is
> > it better to put it in the app controller?
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> > To put this in context, I'm investigating this for use with an
> > activities feature. I track activities and then display them in feeds.
> > Of course, I need to quite often save an activity, feeding it
> > arguments (as well as delete an activity). Moreover, I need to often
> > grab a feed, customized based on the arguments I feed it. I'm trying
> > to avoid using RequestAction.
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> > Thanks!
>
> > Eric

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