Question

I am learning Ruby on Rails. I made a simple link like this:

<%= link_to "Alex Link", alexes_path(@alex) %>

then I routed it in routes.rb like this:

  resources :alexes

  get "home/index"

then I am a bit unclear, but I think it goes to this part of the controller:

  def index
    #@alexes = Alex.all

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
      format.json { render json: @alexes }
    end
  end

Am I correct that it goes to this part of the controller?

Then nothing much happens and it goes to the next page which is index.html.rb under views\alexes

So what I am wondering is – if I needed to do some business logic, would I write that in the controller snippet? Where inside the snippet? An example would be nice to take a look.

Also, I would like to connect to a MongoDb database. Would I also write that in the middle of the controller?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, controllers are for business logic. Models represent the data, Views represent the display (usually a web page), and Controllers are precisely where business logic goes.

Check this site for an excellent tutorial: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/