Posts tagged “extending” — Sean Behan

Mar 2010 · 1 min read

Using Module Mixins to Extend Classes and Objects in Ruby

The module and class below demonstrate how to use instance methods and class methods from "module mixins". The thing to remember is scope. For instance, to use class methods within instance methods...

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Mar 2010 · 1 min read

Extending Rails Form Builders

Extending forms in Rails is simple and will greatly reduce the amount of code in your views. This example is taken right from the Agile Web Development book on Rails(2.1.\) with one minor tweak. I...

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