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Poem Example

Directions

1. Create a new Rails project named EdgarAllenPoe.
2. Generate a controller with the name Raven having the view show.
3. Source code for the view Poem/app/views/raven/show.html.erb:
   

   <h1>Poem Example</h1>
   
   <p><%= @file_name %></p>
   
   <pre>
     <%= @poem %>
   </pre>
   

4. Source code for the controller Poem/app/controllers/raven_controller.rb:
   

   class RavenController < ApplicationController
     def show
       @file_name = Rails.root.join 'app', 'assets', 'files', 'poem.txt'
       @poem = ""
   
       File.open(@file_name, "r") do |f|
         while line = f.gets
           @poem += line
         end
       end
     end
   
   end
   
   

5. Source code for the stylesheet: Poem/app/assets/stylesheets/raven.scss:
   

   * { font: normal 150% Chiller;
       background-color: black;
       color: orange; }
   

6. Copy the textfile poem.txt into Poem/app/assets/files/poem.txt.
7. Localhost URL to view show:
   

   http://localhost:3000/raven/show