Common View Helpers

A set of view helpers I find myself using in most Rails applications.

Installation

  cd my_rails_app
  script/plugin install git://github.com/zeke/common_view_helpers.git

Summary

  # Use words if within the last week, otherwise use date
  # Show year if not this year
  time_ago_in_words_or_date(date,options={})

  # Output an easily styleable key-value pair
  info_pair(label, value)

  # Give this helper an array, and get back a string of <li> elements.
  # The first item gets a class of first and the last, well.. last.
  # This makes it easier to apply CSS styles to lists, be they ordered or unordered.
  # http://zeke.tumblr.com/post/98025647/a-nice-little-view-helper-for-generating-list-items
  convert_to_list_items(items)

  # This works just like link_to, but with one difference..
  # If the link is to the current page, a class of 'active' is added
  link(name, options={}, html_options={})

  # Absolute path to an image
  image_url(source)

  # e.g. http://localhost:3000, or https://productionserver.com
  base_url

  # Generate a list of column name-value pairs for an AR object
  list_model_columns(obj)

Copyright © 2009 Zeke Sikelianos, released under the MIT license