NAME
  dao

SYNOPSIS
  a library for structuring rails applications using the 'data access object' pattern

DESCRITPION
  stay tuned...

ISSUES ADRESSED
  . testability
  . documentability
  . being able to reason about code
  . reasoning about caching
  . avoiding duplicating logic in html/api
  . avoid N+1 in view
  . avoid design issues with REST (delete(1,2,3))
  . nested attributes trivally
  . lack of domain (current_user)
  . easily optimize queries later
  . magic

READING
  http://www.paperplanes.de/2010/5/7/activerecord_callbacks_ruined_my_life.html
  http://best-practice-software-engineering.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/patterns/dao.html
  http://www.codefutures.com/data-access-object/
  http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/DataAccessObject.html

INSTALL
  gem 'dao', :path => File.expand_path('..') ### Gemfile
  rails generate dao api
  vim -o app/api.rb app/controllers/api_controller.rb
  curl --silent http://0.0.0.0:3000/api
  curl --silent http://0.0.0.0:3000/api/ping