A simple pattern for managing flash messages in your Ruby on Rails application.
In environment.rb;
gem 'glennr-flash-message-conductor' config.gem 'glennr-flash-message-conductor', :lib => 'flash-message-conductor', :source => 'http://gemcutter.org', :version => ">=1.1"
script/plugin install git://github.com/glennr/flash-message-conductor.git
add_info( 'foo' ) redirect_to :action => "show"
is the equivalent of
flash[:info] = 'foo'
add_info_now( 'foo' ) render :action => "show"
is the equivalent of
flash[:info] = 'foo'
add_success( message ) add_info( message ) add_warning( message ) add_error( message ) add_message( message ) # alias for add_success add_notice( message ) #alias for add_info
Plus all the _now methods e.g.
add_success_now( message )
<%= render_flash_messages %>
produces:
<div id="flash_messages"> <div class="info">You have successfully done XYZ...</p> </div>
or… if you set an error
<div id="flash_messages"> <p class="error">Oops! Something went bonkers!</p> </div>
See examples/
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