Ruby on Rails Controllers and Views

1h 29mIntermediate2022-07-15

Authors

Kevin Skoglund

Founder of NovaFabrica

Course details

Want to build smarter controllers and better-looking web pages with Ruby on Rails? In this foundational course, instructor Kevin Skoglund teaches developers how to better implement controllers and views in Ruby on Rails, and covers the fundamentals and best practices around these common programming concepts. Learn how to leverage the most useful features of controllers, including maintaining state with cookie and session data, displaying messages, organizing code, and using filters for routine tasks. Next, discover how to render different types of data, how to use view layouts, and how to incorporate assets such as images, style sheets, and JavaScript. Finally, find out how to work more efficiently with Ruby helper methods, which make common tasks like formatting text and numbers, date and time calculations, and outputting form fields easier.

Skills covered

Ruby on RailsBack-End Web DevelopmentFull-Stack Web DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Smarter controllers and better-looking webpages
02 - What you should know
03 - Use the exercise files GitHub repository

1. Useful Controller Features

04 - Store data in cookies
05 - Store data in sessions
06 - Messaging with the flash hash
07 - Log information to a file
08 - Inherit common behaviors with ApplicationController
09 - Use filters to call methods automatically

2. Rendering Views

10 - Avoid double render errors
11 - More options for rendering content
12 - Use layouts for shared templates
13 - Capture content for later use

3. Incorporating Assets

14 - Add stylesheets to view templates
15 - Use static image assets
16 - Use images as CSS backgrounds

4. Work Faster with Helpers

17 - Text helpers
18 - Sanitization helpers
19 - Number helpers
20 - Date and time helpers
21 - Form helpers
22 - Custom helpers

Conclusion

23 - Next steps