Presenter's computer went down and it's taking forever to reboot. Stupid Mac. # rubykaigi
That's one of those rough moments where you really feel bad for the presentor. But he handled it like a champ -- continuing the presentation while he waited for his machine to boot back up. Well done. I wish I got more out of the talk but it was one of those inspirational talks that are hard to translate. The Japanese speaking audience seemed to love it.
Please use the overburdened …
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There are a couple of ways to keep it clean. Sometimes they are called " Presenter Objects" or something similar. It doesn't matter how you call them, and you don't have to use any complicated gems or libraries. Regular classes suffice.
Here's an example of a typical helper:
module PostsHelper def post_title ( post ) header_class = post. published ? ? "published" : "normal" header = content_tag ( :h2 , post. title , :class => header_class …
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