Question

I currently have this in my controller:

 if c.save 
    session[:success] = "Career updated successfully."
    redirect_to "/career"

And this in my view:

- if session[:success]
  .alert.alert-success.fade.in
    %button.close{"data-dismiss" => "alert", :type => "button"} ×
    %strong Well Done!
    = session[:success]

Yet nothing shows up regardless..

Answer 1

Wooo Wooo Wooo never user session for this kind of job, use flash instead (documentation):

# in the controller:
if c.save 
  flash[:success] = "Career updated successfully."
  redirect_to "/career"

# in the view:
- if flash[:success]
  .alert.alert-success.fade.in
    %button.close{"data-dismiss" => "alert", :type => "button"} ×
    %strong Well Done!
    = flash[:success]

A quote from the doc:

Anything you place in the flash will be exposed to the very next action and then cleared out.