Application Helpers

Custom Helpers

In addition to the helpers provided by Padrino out of the box, you can also add your own helper methods and classes that will be accessible within any controller or view automatically.

To define a helper method, simply use an existing helper file (created when generating a controller) or define your own file in app/helpers within your application. Methods can be made available within you controller by simply wrapping the methods in the helpers block:

MyAppName.helpers do
  def some_method
    # ...do something here...
  end
end

You can also define entire classes for use as helpers just as easily:

class SomeHelper
  def self.do_something
    # ...do something here...
  end
end

These helpers can then easily be invoked in any controllers or templates within your application:

MyAppName.controllers :posts do
  get :index do
    some_method             # helper method
    SomeHelper.do_something # helper class
  end
end

Use these in situations where you wish to cleanup your controller or your view code. Helpers are particularly useful for DRY'ing up repeated use of the same markup or behavior. Note that helper methods and objects should be reloaded automatically for you in development.

last updated: 2022-02-22