ruby - Create Generic Module in rails -

i'm newbie rails. have created reports module particular project. now, want make generic across project reports gem. question not how create & use gem. questions "how make generic reports lib". eg. have helper module in reports,

module libquery  module helper   include queryconstants(which dynamic - based on project)      #methods    end  end 

end

my approach: each project include libquery::helper , include own constants file.

module projectx  module query    module helper    include libquery::helper    #nothing - inherit helper methods in libquery    end  end end 

but i'm wondering if that's elegant way of doing things ? or better way it?

first of all, modules must capitalized:

module mymodulename 

second, use lib it's best include in autoload_paths (in application.rb file) this

config.autoload_paths += %w(#{rails.root}/lib/my_shared_libs) 

this means rails load automatically, , you'll have available 'out of box'.

third, external modules shouldn't depend on project-based modules , classes, since whole point make them reusable.

so boils down this:

#/lib/my_shared_libs/fun_things.rb  module funthings   ... code   def laugh     puts 'haha'   end end  #/models/user.rb  class user   include funthings end  user.new.laugh # => 'haha'