Ruby on Rails·Ruby on Rails essentials

Controllers

Controllers load data and render responses.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 2 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Actions are public methods.
  • Use render json:.
  • Set status codes.

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Controllers load data and render responses.

  • Actions are public methods.
  • Use render json:.
  • Set status codes.
courses_controller.rbRUBY
class CoursesController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: Course.all
  end
end
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