Ruby on Rails 6: Controllers and Views

Learn how to build smarter controllers and better looking webpages with Ruby on Rails 6.

Introduction

• Smarter controllers and better looking webpages
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files GitHub repository

1. Useful Controller Features

• Store data in cookies
• Store data in sessions
• Messaging with the flash hash
• Log information to a file
• Inherit common behaviors with ApplicationController
• Use filters to call methods automatically
• Understanding CSRF protections
• Challenge: Controllers
• Solution: Controllers

2. Rendering Views

• Avoid double render errors
• More options for rendering content
• Use layouts for shared templates
• Capture content for later use
• Challenge: Views
• Solution: Views

3. Incorporating Assets

• Add style sheets to view templates
• Use static image assets
• Use images as CSS backgrounds
• About JavaScript in Ruby on Rails
• Manage JavaScript with Webpacker
• Configure asset pipeline for JavaScript
• Manage JavaScript with asset pipeline

4. Work Faster with Helpers

• Text helpers
• Sanitization helpers
• Number helpers
• Date and time helpers
• Form helpers
• Custom helpers
• Challenge: Helpers
• Solution: Helpers

Conclusion

• Next steps