Where should uploaded files get stored in Rails 3.1?

Question

When user uploads files. In Rails 3.0+, these would go into public/uploads. In 3.1, should uploaded files go to app/assets/uploads? Or still in public/uploads?

It's not really an issue in our environment, since we are using S3. Just trying to understand Rails 3.1's new directory structure.

What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

the public directory, capistrano recommends public/system/

don't get confused by the app/assets directory, it's usually for css/js/coffeescript files, think this is the biggest change from 3.0 to 3.1

Answer 2

Well, the answer is simple: your users will only have access to your /public directory.

There are just some tricks to get css and js but you'll have to stick with /public for the other stuff.

Generally, I put all stuff in /public/assets