Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Understanding Models
- Turning Tables Into Models
- Model Associations
- No Auto-incrementing Primary Key
- Updating Denormalized Data
- Removing Cached Data Upon Record Deletion
- Making Your Models Behave: Behaviors
- Request Routing
Chapter 2. Creating Controllers
- Determining Controller Names
- Linking Models to Controllers
- Components For Your Controllers
Chapter 3. Layouts
- Setting Character Sets
- Setting Page Titles
- JavaScript Usage
- Actual Content
- CSS
- META Content
Chapter 4. Separating Business Logic From Presentation Logic
Chapter 5. Untwhirling the Spaghetti
- Fat Models, Skinny Controllers
- Hopelessly Twisted
- Easy Drop-Down Lists
- Model Association Tweaking
- Multiple Select Drop-Downs
Chapter 6. Refactoring Multiple Record Editing
- Simplified Views
- Filtering and Updating Records
- Only Updating the Data You Need To
Chapter 7. Easy Batch Record Manipulation
- Using N.field Notation In Your Forms
Chapter 8. Easy Batch Record Addition
- Easy Arrays in Forms
- Saving and Validating Data
Chapter 9. Displaying Data Simply
- Simple Data Collection for Display
- Grouping Display Output By Criteria
- Business Logic Where It Belongs
Chapter 10. Playing with Date Ranges
- Real World Date Forms
- Date Form Automagic
Chapter 11. Wrapping It All Up
