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Ruby on Rails Controllers and Views

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Kevin Skoglund

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