ActiveRecord, which comes first?

Question

Simple question really, in the order of processing which will happen first when saving a new item.

1. :before_create
2. :validates

Answer 1

validates goes first. From the docs:

(-) save
(-) valid
(1) before_validation
(-) validate
(2) after_validation
(3) before_save
(4) before_create
(-) create
(5) after_create
(6) after_save
(7) after_commit