filling in guts of Novel controller and associated template

cookbook/015/02/passingdata/app/controllers/novel_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 class NovelController < ApplicationController
   def index
+    @title = 'Shattered View: a Novel on Rails'
+    one_plus_one = 1 + 1
+    increment_counter one_plus_one
+  end
+
+  def helper_method
+    @help_message = "I see you've come to me for help."
+  end
+
+  def increment_counter(by)
+    @counter ||= 0
+    @counter += by
   end
 
 end

cookbook/015/02/passingdata/app/views/novel/index.html.erb

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-<h1>Novel#index</h1>
-<p>Find me in app/views/novel/index.html.erb</p>
+<h1><%= @title %></h1>
+
+<p>I looked up, but saw only the number <%= @counter %></p>
+
+<p>&ldquo;What are you doing here?&rdquo; I asked sharply. &ldquo;Was it
+    <%= @counter.succ %> who sent you?&rdquo;</p>

cookbook/015/02/passingdata/config/routes.rb

@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ Passingdata::Application.routes.draw do
 
   # This is a legacy wild controller route that's not recommended for RESTful applications.
   # Note: This route will make all actions in every controller accessible via GET requests.
-  # match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))'
+  match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))'
 end