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What is the difference between render and redirect? - Lesson learned 2

-Redirect is a method that is used to issue the error message in case the page is not found or it issues a 302 to the browser. Whereas, render is a method used to create the content.

-Redirect is used to tell the browser to issue a new request. Whereas, render only works in case the controller is being set up properly with the variables that needs to be rendered.

-Redirect is used when the user needs to redirect its response to some other page or URL. Whereas, render method renders a page and generate a code of 200.

How to correct "rails generate" errors easily - Lesson learned 1

Yesterday I made a mistake and created controller with singular name instead of Plural name.

$rails generate controller Ticket

Then I realized my mistake and wanted to delete bunch of files that got created.

Easy way to delete all the files is as follows:

$rails destroy controller Ticket
$rails generate controller Tickets

It's worth mentioning the -p flag here ("p" for pretend).

Ruby on Rails - Controller

Controller

Controller takes model data from the database and then displays it on the view.

A controller is a Ruby class which inherits from ApplicationController and has methods just like any other class. When your application receives a request, the routing will determine which controller and action to run, then Rails creates an instance of that controller and runs the method with the same name as the action.