Render notes#index
from controller action
This commit refactors the notes#index
template, extracting the
Note.all
record retrieval logic into the controller.
The NotesController#index
action invokes render
with the
locals
option to declare variables available as
template-local variables.
Most Rails template rendering documentation suggests that controllers pass references to templates by declaring and sharing instance variables.
This commit deviates from that convention by explicitly passing the
notes
controller-local variable to the view template through as a
notes:
key in the locals
hash.
By being explicit about which variables our templates can access, our
templates’ data dependencies are more apparent and discoverable. Instead
of being unsure about which controller declares which instance variable,
we can inspect the render
call that invoked the view and see an
exhaustive list of the variables that are available.
When we re-run the system tests, they’re still passing.