Ruby on Rails Controllers and Views

Learn how to build smarter controllers and better looking web pages with Ruby on Rails.

Introduction

• Smarter controllers and better-looking webpages
• What you should know
• Use 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

2. Rendering Views

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

3. Incorporating Assets

• Add stylesheets to view templates
• Use static image assets
• Use images as CSS backgrounds

4. Work Faster with Helpers

• Text helpers
• Sanitization helpers
• Number helpers
• Date and time helpers
• Form helpers
• Custom helpers

Conclusion

• Next steps