Random Ruby Rumblings
I’m going to keep updating this post as I make some more findings about Rails that I think are pretty good assumptions a newbie should learn about:
Case 2, forms:
I made an array using split(“,”) in the controller, then in the view I was looping through and could puts them out fine, however the ultimate goal was to use them in a form. Basically I needed it to be name=”order[field_name]” name=”order[field_name_2]”
GOOD Code to do this:
<% for c in @customize_this %>
<%= form.check_box :"#{c}" %>
<% end %>
However I had originally gotten name=”order[c]” name=”order[c]” – basically the same thing for all items in the list…
The BAD code was this:
<% for c in @customize_this %>
<%= form.check_box :c %>
<% end %>
Best place to read more about it: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html
Case 1, links:
Good: <%= link_to "#{item.name}", :action => “customize”, :id => item.id %>
Bad: <%= link_to "#{item.name}", :action => “customize/#{item.id}” %>
Tags: rails, ruby, ruby on rails
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