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Draper
Clean up complex view logic using Draper. This gem provides decorators (much like presenters) which bundles view logic in an object oriented fashion. In this episode I do a step-by-step refactoring of a complex template into a decorator.
(12 minutes)
How I Test
Here I show how I would add tests to the password reset feature created in the previous episode. I use RSpec, Capybara, Factory Girl, and Guard to make request, model, and mailer specs.
(15 minutes)
Refactoring & Dynamic Delegator
Learn how to refactor a set of conditional Active Record queries using a Dynamic Delegator.
(7 minutes)
Site Wide Announcements
Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode.
(13 minutes)
Refactoring Out Helper Object
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.
(7 minutes)
Complex Partials
How do you handle partials which have differences depending on the action which is rendering them? Here's three suggestions for this problem.
(8 minutes)
Refactoring Long Methods
In this episode I walk you through an exercise in refactoring by taking a long method and making it more concise.
(7 minutes)
Cleaning Up the View
This episode starts off with a big, messy template. Watch as this code shrinks and becomes more readable while the interface stays the same.
(9 minutes)
Pretty Page Title
If you are like me, you avoid creating page titles because it is kind of a pain. But in this episode I will show you a clean way to add titles to your pages.
(5 minutes)
Refactoring User Name Part 3
In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to do in the future.
(4 minutes)