From: Dr Nic <drnicwilliams@...>
Date: 2006-09-21T20:24:07+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Dr Nic’s Magic Models 0.8 - Validate Anything

In the first run of the sell-out Magic Models - “I can’t believe its an 
ActiveRecord” - Super Show - you were amazed as we stripped away the 
necessary essentials of an ActiveRecord - right in front of your eyes - 
the necessary became unnecessary.

We removed the validates_presence_of validations… and the Magic Model 
still validated.

We removed the has_many, belongs_to, and has_many :through associations… 
and the Magic Model still associated.

We removed the actual class definition itself - the very thing that 
provides the ActiveRecord CRUD layer… and the Magic Model still CRUDded.

In the new Magic Models, Virtual Validations get Virtuous!

>> g = Group.new
>> g.name = "x" * 51
=> "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
>> g.valid?
=> false
>> g.errors.full_messages
=> ["Name is too long (maximum is 50 characters)"]

All this and more in 0.8.0 of Dr Nic's Magic Models
http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/09/21/dr-nic-magic-models-validate-anything-anytime-anywhere/

Its magic like this that makes programming fun :)

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