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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 #132 Helpers Outside Views

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.

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RailsCasts #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.

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RailsCasts #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 #40 Blocks in View

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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