dynamic home page

Author: DanielKehoe

app/controllers/visitors_controller.rb

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+class VisitorsController < ApplicationController
+
+  def new
+    @owner = Owner.new
+  end
+
+end

app/models/owner.rb

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+class Owner
+
+  def name
+    name = 'Foobar Kadigan'
+  end
+
+  def birthdate
+    birthdate = Date.new(1990, 9, 22)
+  end
+
+  def countdown
+    today = DateTime.now
+    birthday = Date.new(today.year, self.birthdate.month, self.birthdate.day)
+    countdown = (birthday - today).to_i
+  end
+
+end

app/views/visitors/new.html.erb

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+<h3>Home</h3>
+<p>Welcome to the home of <%= @owner.name %>.</p>
+<p>I was born on <%= @owner.birthdate %>.</p>
+<p>Only <%= @owner.countdown %> days until my birthday!</p>

config/routes.rb

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 LearnRails::Application.routes.draw do
-  # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
-  # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes".
-
-  # You can have the root of your site routed with "root"
-  # root 'welcome#index'
-
-  # Example of regular route:
-  #   get 'products/:id' => 'catalog#view'
-
-  # Example of named route that can be invoked with purchase_url(id: product.id)
-  #   get 'products/:id/purchase' => 'catalog#purchase', as: :purchase
-
-  # Example resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions automatically):
-  #   resources :products
-
-  # Example resource route with options:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     member do
-  #       get 'short'
-  #       post 'toggle'
-  #     end
-  #
-  #     collection do
-  #       get 'sold'
-  #     end
-  #   end
-
-  # Example resource route with sub-resources:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     resources :comments, :sales
-  #     resource :seller
-  #   end
-
-  # Example resource route with more complex sub-resources:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     resources :comments
-  #     resources :sales do
-  #       get 'recent', on: :collection
-  #     end
-  #   end
-  
-  # Example resource route with concerns:
-  #   concern :toggleable do
-  #     post 'toggle'
-  #   end
-  #   resources :posts, concerns: :toggleable
-  #   resources :photos, concerns: :toggleable
-
-  # Example resource route within a namespace:
-  #   namespace :admin do
-  #     # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController
-  #     # (app/controllers/admin/products_controller.rb)
-  #     resources :products
-  #   end
+  root :to => 'visitors#new'
 end