Rails 4 in Action

Chapter 4. Oh, CRUD!

This chapter covers

• Building read, update, and delete functionality for projects
• Creating test data with Factory Girl
• Handling errors and rescuing exceptions
• Working with Sass and the asset pipeline
• Styling the application using Bootstrap
• Simplifying form markup with Simple Form

In chapter 3 you began writing stories for a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) interface for your Project model. Here you’ll continue in that vein, beginning with writing a story for the R part of CRUD: reading. We often refer to reading as viewing in this and future chapters—we mean the same thing, but sometimes viewing is a better word.

In the remainder of the chapter, you’ll round out the CRUD interface for projects, providing your ...