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A simple pattern for managing flash messages in your Ruby on Rails application.

In environment.rb;

gem 'glennr-flash-message-conductor'

config.gem 'glennr-flash-message-conductor', :lib => 'flash-message-conductor', :source => 'http://gemcutter.org', :version => ">=1.1"

script/plugin install git://github.com/glennr/flash-message-conductor.git

add_info( 'foo' )
redirect_to :action => "show"

is the equivalent of

flash[:info] = 'foo'

add_info_now( 'foo' )
render :action => "show"

is the equivalent of

flash[:info] = 'foo'

add_success( message )
add_info( message )
add_warning( message )
add_error( message )
add_message( message ) # alias for add_success
add_notice( message ) #alias for add_info

Plus all the _now methods e.g.

add_success_now( message )

<%= render_flash_messages %>

produces:

<div id="flash_messages">
  <div class="info">You have successfully done XYZ...</p>
</div>

or… if you set an error

<div id="flash_messages">
  <p class="error">Oops! Something went bonkers!</p>
</div>

See examples/

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