Rails - Oct 2008 - Modularisation: Using helper generating HTML output vs. using partials

Hey,

I''ve got a general question: when do I use helper and when I do use
partials to modularise certain gui elements?

For example: I''ve got a faq list. Each item can be folded and unfolded
using ajax.

FAQ foo
-> question 1
-> question 2
-> question 3

So, I wrote a helper "faq_li_tag(args)" which takes the question and
answer for parameters and generates the HTML output.

But I also could have made a partial which creates the corresponding
output.

What''s the best solution? What are the criterias for this decision in
general?

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
ms

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On Oct 16, 9:22 am, ms <m...-cGBD8117FJM@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I''ve got a general question: when do I use helper and when I do
use
> partials to modularise certain gui elements?
>
> For example: I''ve got a faq list. Each item can be folded and
unfolded
> using ajax.
>
> FAQ foo
> -> question 1
> -> question 2
> -> question 3
>
> So, I wrote a helper "faq_li_tag(args)" which takes the question
and
> answer for parameters and generates the HTML output.
>
> But I also could have made a partial which creates the corresponding
> output.
>
> What''s the best solution? What are the criterias for this decision
in
> general?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Best regards,
> ms
I use partials to factor out view templates to make them more
readable, and so that I can reuse portions of a view in other
templates.

I use helpers whenever view logic is starting to get intertwined with
the view code.  So presentation-only code is in the views/partials,
and any logic (is this user an admin? should they see a sidebar now?
etc.) goes into helpers.

Jeff

purpleworkshops.com
softiesonrails.com

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