apeckham / switches

switches - Runtime switches for a Rails app

Sometimes I want to turn on and off features of my application without code changes. For example, sometimes my 
application runs in read-only mode, but most of the time it's in read-write mode. In read-only mode I want certain 
features to not appear.

This code uses files on disk to determine whether a switch is enabled. Create your own switch by extending Switch::Base:


class ReadOnlySwitch < Switch::Base
end

Then turn it on with ReadOnlySwitch.turn_on. Wherever behavior should change based on whether the switch is on, use "if 
ReadOnlySwitch.is_on?"

The files on disk that indicate whether a switch is on are stored in config/switch.