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Todd
Todd

Reputation: 692

Sinatra App as a Class - Why do this?

When reading the Sinatra docs I got the impression that all the routes and helpers just go into a single file. However, after reading a lot of the Sinatra questions and answers here on Stack, I see that most people are placing their routes and helper in a class. What benefits does this provide over a collection a blocks?

Edit: I get that putting router and helpers in their own modules is helpful but why should I have a class for the application?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 205

Answers (1)

Linuxios
Linuxios

Reputation: 35783

Organization and reducing namespace pollution. When all my handlers are in the module Handlers, it's very clear what they all are, I can manipulate them as a group (iterate, redefine, etc.). Also, it reduces global namespace pollution by putting things in their own namespace.

Upvotes: 3

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