Rails Observer Alternatives for 4.0

Question

With Observers officially removed from Rails 4.0, I\'m curious what other developers are using in their place. (Other than using the extracted gem.) While Observers were cer

Answer 1

I have the same probjem! I find a solution ActiveModel::Dirty so you can track your model changes!

include ActiveModel::Dirty
before_save :notify_categories if :data_changed? 


def notify_categories
  self.categories.map!{|c| c.update_results(self.data)}
end

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/Dirty.html