Ruby on Rails 6: Controllers and Views

Course details

Build smarter controllers and better looking webpages with Ruby on Rails. This course teaches developers how to better implement controllers and views in Ruby on Rails 6. This is a foundational course to teach 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.

Learning objectives
Storing data in cookies and sessions
Using the flash hash for messages
Using filters to call methods automatically
Rendering views
Using layouts for shared templates
Incorporating images, style sheets, and JavaScript
Using images as CSS backgrounds
Preventing CSRF and XSS exploits with built-in tools
Working faster with built-in and custom helpers

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Smarter controllers and better looking webpages
02 - What you should know
03 - Using 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
10 - Understanding CSRF protections
11 - Challenge - Controllers
12 - Solution - Controllers

2. Rendering Views

13 - Avoid double render errors
14 - More options for rendering content
15 - Use layouts for shared templates
16 - Capture content for later use
17 - Challenge - Views
18 - Solution - Views

3. Incorporating Assets

19 - Add style sheets to view templates
20 - Use static image assets
21 - Use images as CSS backgrounds
22 - About JavaScript in Ruby on Rails
23 - Manage JavaScript with Webpacker
24 - Configure asset pipeline for JavaScript
25 - Manage JavaScript with asset pipeline

4. Work Faster with Helpers

26 - Text helpers
27 - Sanitization helpers
28 - Number helpers
29 - Date and time helpers
30 - Form helpers
31 - Custom helpers
32 - Challenge - Helpers
33 - Solution - Helpers

Conclusion

34 - Next steps