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> doggedly preserving web application design as it existed in 2004 It's actually more ancient if you consider the fact that the ActiveRecord pattern (in spirit
by _pmf_ 13y ago
> doggedly preserving web application design as it existed in 2004
It's actually more ancient if you consider the fact that the ActiveRecord pattern (in spirit, not in name) goes back to VB3.
- edwinnathaniel 13y agoActiveRecord also showed up in Martin Fowler P of EAA book in 2004: http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/activeRecord.html http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/activeRecord.html I think somewhere in that book (Forewords or preface or whatnot) he also mentioned DHH's help/contribution to the book. As much as Rails community hates Enterprise, lots of patterns that Rails was built upon showed up in that book as gulp "Enterprise" patterns gulp