Studying the RoR 3 Tutorial book by Michael Hartl and on page 345 there's the code inside the SessionsHelper:
_________________________________________________________ module SessionsHelper def sign_in(user) cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_token] = [user.id, user.sault] self.current_user = user end end __________________________________________________________ What is the purpose of "self" inside the session helper? I know that inside a model it refers to the class object. For example Class User < ActiveRecord::Base self.salt it refers to User.salt But when it is inside a helper, does it refer to the helper itself? sessions.current_user = user ? What's the meaning of it? To make it accessible to the controller & view of Sessions ? And also: module SessionsHelper def current_user= (user) @current_user = user end The purpose of this line is to create an assignment to current user and the existence of the instance variable @current_user is to "permanently" stored, as long as it is needed (not as a local variable) since there's no model? Im a little bit confused -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
