How do I test helpers in Rails?
I'm trying to build some unit tests for testing my Rails helpers, but I can never remember how to access them. Annoying. Suggestions? ...
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Testing helper methods in Rails
I'm testing my rails helper methods like this: require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../test_helper' require 'action_view/test_case' require 'action_view/helpers' class ListingsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase def setup @controller = ListingsController.new @request = ActionController::TestRequest.new @response = Action...
Application helper in ASP.NET MVC
I am searching for a way to make an application helper that allows you to define methods that you can call in all the controllers views. In Rails you get that for free but how can I accomplish this in ASP.NET MVC with c#? ...
Why aren't rails helpers more object-oriented?
For example, why are the date helpers written like this: time_ago_in_words(@from_time) Instead of like this: @from_time.time_ago_in_words Is this a clear design error / inconsistency? Or is there some reason for this? ...
How can I make rails helpers more object-oriented
I'd like to, for all helpers, across my entire Rails application, replace this syntax: time_ago_in_words(@from_time) with this: @from_time.time_ago_in_words Ideally this change would also make the helpers available anywhere in my application (the same way, say, 5.times is). Does anyone know of a plugin that does this? Would it be ...
Dynamic Paths in Helper
hello, Im trying to create a helper method for my admin links. in quite a few views i have the code <% if current_user %> <%= link_to "Edit", edit_model_path(model) %> <%= link_to "New", new_model_path %> <%= link_to "Delete", model, :confirm => "Your a Noob", :method => :delete %> <% end %> that only display these when logged in. ...
Are there alternative ways to register helpers with controllers in MonoRail?
In MonoRail controllers can be adorned with the Helper attribute to make helpers available in views. Is there another way to register helpers, perhaps via configuration file or dependency injection, with controllers? I'm keen on avoiding creating a base controller just for the purposes of providing helpers and adding yet another controll...
Why are all Rails helpers available to all views, all the time? Is there a way to disable this?
Why can I access helper methods for one controller in the views for a different controller? Is there a way to disable this without hacking/patching Rails? ...
rails: methods from module included in controller not available in view
Hi, Strange thing – I have Authentication module in lib/ like this: module Authentication protected def current_user User.find(1) end end and in ApplicationController I'm including this module and all helpers, but method current_user is available in controllers, but not from views :( How can I make this work? ...
ASP.NET MVC custom helper objects
Hi, I'm going to write a ton of helpers for my app. For many of them I'd like not to extend HtmlHelper, but to create another helper class instead, for two reasons: 1) to be able to write, say, Link.Home and Icon.Edit instead of Html.HomeLink and Html.IconEdit; 2) to be able to easily tell standard helpers from custom ones and where t...
instance variables added in rails helpers are not available in views (templates)?
I am trying to add some instance variables in helpers like the following: module ApplicationHelper def title=(title) @title = title end def title @title end end and when I assign title in views/pages/index.html.erb like the following: <% title = 'Listing Pages' %> and try to show it in the views/layouts/application.html.e...
Collection_select problem
UPDATE: Solved. Thanks BusyMark! EDIT: This is revised based on the answer below from BushyMark. I think I made all the suggested changes correctly, but I still can't get the post_type_id to save to the database when a user submits a message. My app has a profile page. On the profile page, the owner of the page can type an update and...
jQuery equivalents to ExtJS functions extend(), apply() and namespace()?
ExtJS provides some great helper functions like: Ext.extend() Ext.apply() Ext.namespace() Are there any equivalents in jQuery? I know I could port all three to jQuery since I like them so much, but maybe I'm missing something that's already there. I would like to avoid mingling with prototypes myself if possible. Endresult Ext.app...
Class Helper and Strings in Delphi Win32.
Is there any way with the current delphi to implement. a) String (as a class) with operator overloads (ie. +, =) b) Class Helper's so one could add custom string methods I gather the string is a native type so class helpers will not work without setting up a class etc. ...
What am I doing wrong with this rspec helper test?
Hi there, All I'm trying to do is spec how a one line helper method for a view should behave, but I'm not sure what kind of mock object, (if any) I should be creating if I'm working in Rails. Here's the code for events_helper.rb: module EventsHelper def filter_check_button_path params[:filter].blank? ? '/images/buttons/bt_searc...
Convert an HTML button to ActionLink
I have an html button setup and functioning with a set range of required properties that I'd like to convert to a text-based link instead. Additionally, so I can familiarize myself with working html helpers and intellesense I'd like to see how to shoehorn these properties into an ActionLink: <input type="button" id="RemoveRegistration_S...
CakePHP select default value in SELECT input
Using CakePHP: I have a many-to-one relationship, let's pretend it's many Leafs to Trees. Of course, I baked a form to add a Leaf to a Tree, and you can specify which Tree it is with a drop-down box ( tag) created by the form helper. The only thing is, the SELECT box always defaults to Tree #1, but I would like it to default to the Tr...
Rails optmization (with activerecord and view helpers)
Is there a way to do this in Rails: I have an activerecord query @posts = Post.find_by_id(10) Anytime the query is called, SQL is generated and executed at the DB that looks like this SELECT * FROM 'posts' WHERE id = 10 This happens every time the AR query is executed. Similarly with a helper method like this <%= f.textarea :name...
Including and excluding helpers in Rails
To include a Rails helper, helper :helper_name and to include all helpers, helper :all is specified in the application_controller. Now, how to include say N-1 of the available helpers? In other words, how to exclude a very few helpers? ...
MVVM Helper classes Demo Project
Hello All, I am looking for a sample LOB/project that fully use MVVM Helpers by Julmar Technologies. Does any one have any links to share?. Thank you - Rey ...