On 23 December 2011 01:32, Jeremy Rottman <[email protected]> wrote: > This post is a two part post, I apologize for the length. > > So far I have been able to wrap my brain around RoR fairly well. But > this certain scenario, which I do plan to make use of quite a bit, has > me a little stumped. > > Currently in my application I have a view setup named > dashboard.html.erb. This view requires a high level of customization > by the user, they will need to have the ability to add and remove > "widgets"(partials) as they see fit. These partials are not designed > to use data from the dashboard controller. > > My first question is, what would be the best practice way to get data > into these partials? My initial thought was to use a ajax get request > for each partial that is being displayed, however this seems like > unnecessary overhead.
I would use a before_filter in the controller to populate the data for the partials. > > My second question is, when using a controller that does not require a > specific view, but instead returns json data, what are the best > practices for creating this controller action? I don't understand the question, what do you mean by "creating the controller action"? Colin -- 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.
