Note To Self – Rails To Do List

I am in the habit of keeping multiple random text file to do lists for projects, on my desktop generally. It’s not ideal. I was pleased when it occurred to me just now to get in the habit of putting a todo.rb file in a Rails project folder that defines a TODOLIST constant, and then requiring it in development.rb, only showing the list if that second constant is defined, in this way you can keep the list going in development mode even after the site has been deployed.

<%= simple_format(TODO) %>

Drop this into the bottom of the site layout…. This way there’s instant access to the to do listing for the project on every page of the site.