packs-rails

packs-rails establishes and implements a set of conventions for splitting up large monoliths built on top of the packs standard. packs-rails makes it easy to use packwerk to modularize your rails app. With packs-rails, new packages' autoload paths are automatically added to Rails, so your code will immediately become usable and loadable without additional configuration.

Here is an example application that uses packs-rails:

package.yml # root level pack
app/ # Unpackaged code
  models/
  ...
packs/
  my_domain/
    package.yml # See the packwerk docs for more info
    package_todo.yml # See the packwerk docs for more info
    app/
      public/ # Recommended location for public API
        my_domain.rb # creates the primary namespaces
        my_domain/
          my_subdomain.rb
      services/ # Private services
        my_domain/
          some_private_class.rb
      models/ # Private models
        some_other_non_namespaced_private_model.rb # this works too
        my_domain/
          my_private_namespaced_model.rb
      controllers/
      views/
    config/
      initializers/ # Initializers can live in packs and load as expected
    lib/
      tasks/
    spec/ # With packs-rails, specs for a pack live next to the pack
      public/
        my_domain_spec.rb
        my_domain/
          my_subdomain_spec.rb
      services/
        my_domain/
          some_private_class_spec.rb
      models/
        some_other_non_namespaced_private_model_spec.rb
        my_domain/
          my_private_namespaced_model_spec.rb
      factories/ # packs-rails will automatically load pack factories into FactoryBot, see Ecosystem and Integrations#factory_bot below
        my_domain/
          my_private_namespaced_model_factory.rb
  my_other_domain/
    ... # other packs have a similar structure
  my_other_other_domain/
    ...

Usage

Setting up packs-rails is straightforward. Simply by including packs-rails in your Gemfile in all environments, packs-rails will automatically hook into and configure Rails.

From there, you can create a ./packs folder and structure it using the conventions listed above.

If you wish to use a different directory name, eg components instead of packs, you can customize this by configuring packs.yml. See packs for more information.

If you want to have your packs code namespaced without adding a directory with the pack's name into the directory structure, you can use the automatic namespaces gem.

Modify spring to detect pack moves

If you use spring, when you move a pack, you'll want spring to update its cache

Add this to one of your initializers

Packs::Specification::Configuration.fetch.pack_paths.each do |dir|
  Dir["#{dir}/package.yml"].each do |package_yml|
    Spring.watch(package_yml)
  end
end

Splitting routes

packs-rails allows you to split your application routes for every pack. You just have to create a file describing your routes and then draw them in your root config/routes.rb file (NOTE: the draw function is only in Rails 6.1+).

# packs/my_domain/config/routes/my_domain.rb
resources :my_resource

# config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  draw(:my_domain)
end

Making your Package an Engine

You can add engine: true to your package.yml to make it an actual Rails engine.

It implicitly sets up a namespace for your pack and adds namespace isolation.

You can then also use other functionality that engines provide, like per-pack routes, scoped url helpers, or a table name prefix.

# packs/my_pack/package.yml
enforce_dependencies: true
enforce_privacy: true
metadata:
  engine: true

Add engine_name: to your package.yml to use a specific, maybe namespaced, engine name instead of the last package folder name.

# packs/my_pack/package.yml
enforce_dependencies: true
enforce_privacy: true
metadata:
  engine: true
  engine_name: namespaced/my_pack

The engine is created as Namespaced::MyPack::Engine instead of MyPack::Engine.

Ecosystem and Integrations

RSpec Integration

Simply add --require packs/rails/rspec to your .rspec. Or, if you'd like, pass it as an argument to rspec:

$ rspec --require packs/rails/rspec ...

Integration will allow you to run tests as such:

# Run all specs in your entire application (packs and all):
rspec

# Run just that one test:
rspec spec/some/specific_spec.rb

# Run all tests under the "foobar" pack and all the tests of its nested packs:
rspec packs/foobar

# Same as above but also adds the "binbaz" pack:
rspec packs/foobar pack/binbaz

# Run all test files inside the "packs/foobar/spec" directory:
rspec packs/foobar/spec

# Run all specs under the "packs/foobar/nested_pack" pack:
rspec packs/foobar/nested_pack

factory_bot and factory_bot_rails

Ensure you have the gem in your Gemfile, and that require: false is not present, otherwise the packs-rails FactoryBot integration will not be run upon application/environment load. This integration will automatically add the [spec|test]/factories directory from each pack to the application's config.factory_bot.definition_file_paths.

Using the example application above:

...
packs/
  my_domain/
    ...
    spec/ # OR test/
      ...
      factories/
        my_domain/
          my_private_namespaced_model_factory.rb
  my_other_domain/
    ...
    spec/ # OR test/
      ...
      factories/
        my_other_domain/
          my_private_namespaced_model_factory.rb

rubocop-rails

rubocop-rails targets paths starting with app/. You might need to override the Include globs to include your packs code.

Examples:

Rails/EnumHash:
  Include:
    - '**/app/models/**/*.rb'
Rails/InverseOf:
  Include:
    - '**/app/models/**/*.rb'
Rails/LexicallyScopedActionFilter:
  Include:
    - '**/app/controllers/**/*.rb'
    - '**/app/mailers/**/*.rb'

parallel_tests

parallel_tests has it its own spec discovery mechanism, so packs-rails's RSpec integration doesn't do anything when you use them together. To make them work, you'll need to explicitly specify the spec paths:

RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec parallel_test spec packs/**/spec -t rspec <other_options>

Knapsack (Pro)

Similarly, Knapsack (and its Pro version) has its own spec discovery mechanism and the API will find and queue the relevant specs. To make it discover your pack tests as well, you'll need to configure the following variables:

KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_DIR: spec
KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_FILE_PATTERN: '{spec,packs}/**{,/*/**}/*_spec.rb'

Setting KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_FILE_PATTERN will tell Knapsack where your specs are located, while setting KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_DIR is necessary because otherwise an incorrect value is sent to rspec via the --default-path option.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rubyatscale/packs-rails.