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Ruby Building Social Features in Ruby on Rails Adding State Test Factories

Justin Banta
Justin Banta
3,834 Points
Posted by Justin Banta
Justin Banta
3,834 Points

General question on the Test Factories video

Why did Jason define the friend variable inside the loop rather than defining the variable in the controller? i.e. ''' <% @user_friendships.each do |friendship| %> <% friend = friendship.friend %> ... '''

Could one move the friendship variable to the controller? And if so what's the advantage of defining it in the view? And if not, why not?