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Re: [Rails] What is SimplyHelpful?

Marcel Molina Jr. <mar...@vernix.org>

On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:13:29AM +0000, Marcel Molina Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 07:41:33PM -0500, Sebastian Friedrich wrote:
> > There have been lots of commits by the core team lately to a plug-in  
> > called SimplyHelpful[1]. Could anybody summarize what this is for?  
> > Thanks.

> Just like SimplyRestful, though the conventional way of doing things
> continues to be supported, if you jump on board with certain conventions
> you'll get some convenience for free. While SimplyRestful took on the
> controller side of things, this begins to address the view side of the
> puzzle.

I should clarify, "though the *originally* conventional way of doing things
continues to be supported, if you jump on board with certain *new*
conventions which we're building atop the old ones you'll get some
convenience for free." ;)

marcel
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Marcel Molina Jr. <mar...@vernix.org>