Rails 3: Polymorphic Associations in Action

Hi Folks,

In this short article, I would like to brief about “Rails polymorphic associations“. Below are the high-level pointers.

• What is Polymorphic Association
• How Rails handles it
• Example explained
• Demo

So, Let’s start:

• What is Polymorphic Association: In OOP, Polymorphic means “of-many“.

There is a well documented and well explained Railscasts for this. Refer to this link for more information: http://railscasts.com/episodes/154-polymorphic-association

• Example Explained:

Code snippet can be downloaded from Github. The path for the same is: git@github.com:puneetpandey/rails3_singleTableInheritance.git

Once set-up. Type the URL’s below:

1. http://localhost:3000/events
2. http://localhost:3000/users

• Demo: Live Demo can be viewed from my Heroku App. Please click on the link: http://blooming-peak-9982.herokuapp.com/users