View helpers

Default Helpers

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Adding Your Own Helpers

In your Gumdrop file:

Gumdrop.view_helpers do

  def say_hi_to(person)
    "Hello, #{ person }!"
  end

  # Calculate the years for a copyright
  def copyright_years(start_year, divider="–")
    end_year = Date.today.year
    if start_year == end_year
      "#{start_year}"
    else
      "#{start_year}#{divider}#{end_year}"
    end
  end

end