Using the app/records organization method with minimapper.

app_mappers_application_mapper.rb

require "minimapper/mapper"

class ApplicationMapper < Minimapper::Mapper
  def record_class
    record_name = self.class.name.gsub(/Mapper/, "Record")
    record_name.constantize
  end
end

config_initializers_active_record.rb

# Support EmployeeRecord instead of Employee in
# associations without needing to specify class_name.
module ActiveRecord
  module Reflection
    class AssociationReflection < MacroReflection
      private

      def derive_class_name
        "#{name.to_s.singularize}_record".to_s.camelize
      end
    end
  end
end

gistfile1.txt

This is how we've setup models in a medium sized app using minimapper.

It makes it simpler to access the records in console, just EmployeeRecord instead of Employee.

Also makes the mapper classes simpler.

Also add "app/records" to config.autoload_paths in config/application.rb to get this to work.