Question

I’m newish to rails, and scaffolding generates form elements like this:

<%= f.label :completed_at %>

and the form helper documentation for rails talks about them in a different form, as functions:

<%= label( :giveaway, :completed_at, "Closing Date", :class => "control-label" ) %>

Where can I find the documentation for the former? is there a name for this version of a form helper?

Answer 1

1. <%= f.label :completed_at %> refers to item f during the iteration through a form builder object

2. <%= label( :giveaway, :completed_at, "Closing Date", :class => "control-label" ) %> is a static method aka “form helper” method used to generate any label on the fly, not necessarily in the context of a form builder object