Fast fact for today: In the context of the app I'm building, views with the same code to render html forms can be consolidated into a partial. For example, a file called _form.html.erb with a name, email, password, etc. that appears on both signup an...
Today's fast fact: HAML is a replacement for HTML YAML is a data language, ie a replacement for JSON and XML.
This one feels like a simple concept to teach, but an easy one to forget. The or-equals operator ||= allows a value to be assigned to a variable if and only if that variable evaluates to nil or false. Consider, for example: This can be expressed as...
Using resources :controller_name automatically adds a full suite of RESTful routes. For more limited scope controllers (like a login controller), you can use rails generate controller ControllerName new and it adds views as well.
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