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Action Controller Walkthrough

#395 Action Controller Walkthrough pro

Dec 02, 2012 | 11 minutes | Controllers, Rack, Code Walkthrough
Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes when a Rails controller handles a request? What do the "render" and "redirect_to" methods do exactly? This and more covered as we walk through the code of ActionController::Base.
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