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RailsCasts #259 Decent Exposure
Railscasts - 2011-03-28 - free
The decent_exposure gem makes it convenient to share controller data with the view through methods instead of instance variables.
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Railscasts - 2008-10-20 - free
Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #101 Refactoring Out Helper Object
Railscasts - 2008-04-14 - free
If you have complex view logic, this can easily lead to helper methods which call each other. See how to refactor this out into another object in this episode. This is also known as the presenter pattern.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #64 Custom Helper Modules
Railscasts - 2007-07-30 - free
Rails designates one helper module per controller, but that shouldn't stop you from making custom helper modules to help structure the code. Learn how in this episode.
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Railscasts - 2007-06-04 - free
If you try to create a helper method which accepts a block, you will run into a few gotchas. Learn the secrets of blocks in views in this episode.
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