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Michael Trilford
7,232 PointsIs there a course to learn about Variants for Rails?
"Variants allows you to have different templates and action responses for the same mime type (say, HTML). This is a magic bullet for any Rails app that's serving mobile clients. You can now have individual templates for the desktop, tablet, and phone views while sharing all the same controller logic. This is the secret sauce behind Basecamp's hybrid native/HTML strategy for mobile apps: One Rails app serving desktop browsers, mobile browsers, native mobile apps. The reuse benefits are immense and the productivity boost staggering. Really." - From the interwebs.
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David Moore
13,916 PointsI've not seen it covered here and don't really expect it since it seems like a very specific use case. A quick search, however, returned this walkthrough:
http://tech.pro/tutorial/2049/how-to-use-rails-41-actionpack-variants
Seems pretty straight forward so long as you understand rendering in rails.
Michael Trilford
7,232 PointsYeh, we were finally getting around to having a play yesterday at work.
You essentially setup the new layout with the right format on the end ( index.html+phone.erb ), and install the "browser" gem. ( I think )
Boom, it works, pretty nice.
Thanks, rails is pretty neat.
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsMaciej Czuchnowski
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