Note that this code uses %{...}. This is an alternative syntax for double-quoted string literals, convenient for use with long strings. Note also that because it uses Rails' create method, it will fail silently if records cannot be inserted because of validation errors.

• adam
• December 31, 2009
• Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition
• Page 107
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"Nothing to do with our application comes out of the database or gets stored into the database that doesn't first go through the model. This makes models an ideal place to put validations; it doesn't matter whether the data comes from a form or from some programmatic manipulation in our application. If a model checks it before writing to the database, then the database will be protected from bad data."

• adam
• December 28, 2009
• Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition
• Page 101
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In Rails, dynamic content is generated by templates, which come in three flavors. The most common templating scheme, called Embedded Ruby (ERb), embeds snippets of Ruby code within a view document.

• adam
• December 19, 2009
• Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition
• Page 32
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