V(irtual)attributes

Makes virtual attributes easier.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'vattributes'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Add the vattributes field to the table as a text and run the migration:

rails g migration AddVattributesToPosts vattributes:text
rake db:migrate

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  vattributes :permalink

  validates :permalink, presence: true
end

If you ever need to overrite a setter, or getter, you can do like follows:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  vattributes :tags, :permalink

  def tags=(array)
    set_vattribute(:tags, array.join(','))
  end

  def tags
    get_vattribute(:tags).split(',')
  end
end

• Marcelo Jacobus

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

** Do not forget to write tests**