activerecord - Creating readable models in rails -

i have started rails , coming .net background find model inheriting activerecord hard understand, since don't contain corresponding attributes model. cannot imagine new developer exposed large code models contains references other models , business logic.

from point of view datamapper model easier grasp since activerecord defacto standard feels weird change orm little problem.

datamapper

class post   include datamapper::resource    property :id,         serial    # auto-increment integer key   property :title,      string    # varchar type string, short strings   property :body,       text      # text block, longer string data.   property :created_at, datetime  # datetime, date might like. end 

activerecord

 class post < activerecord::base  end 

i'm not sure if issue , people used models without attributes, or how experienced rails user handle this?

i don't think using database manager or looking @ loads of migrations scripts find attributes option?

specifying attr_accessible make model more readable i'm not sure if it's proper solution problem?

check out annotate_models plugin on github. insert commented schema each model in comment block. can installed run when migrate is.