Handling mash creation, removing some unnecessary controller methods, redirecting some others to :action => 'new'.

rails/map-mash/app/controllers/mashes_controller.rb

@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
 class MashesController < ApplicationController
-
+  def redirect_to_new
-  def index
+    flash[:notice] = 'Sneaky pete.'
-    @mashes = Mash.all
+    redirect_to(:action => 'new')
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html
-      format.xml { render :xml => @mashes }
-    end
   end
 
-  def show
+  alias_method :index, :redirect_to_new
-    @mash = Mash.find(params[:id])
+  alias_method :show, :redirect_to_new
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html
-      format.xml { render :xml => @mash }
-    end
-  end
 
   def new
     @map_a, @map_b = Map.rand(2)
@@ -25,7 +14,7 @@ class MashesController < ApplicationController
       :requester => request.remote_ip,
       :map_a => @map_a.id,
       :map_b => @map_b.id,
-      :winner => 'a'
+      :winner => @map_a.id
     )
 
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -34,47 +23,20 @@ class MashesController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def edit
-    @mash = Mash.find(params[:id])
-  end
-
   def create
-    @mash = Mash.new(params[:mash])
+    mash_params = params[:mash]
+    mash_params[:requester] = request.remote_ip
+    @mash = Mash.new(mash_params)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       if @mash.save
         flash[:notice] = 'Mash was successfully created.'
-        format.html { redirect_to(@mash) }
+        format.html { redirect_to(:action => 'new') }
         format.xml { render :xml => @mash, :status => :created, :location => @mash }
       else
-        format.html { render :action => "new" }
+        format.html { render :action => 'new' }
         format.xml { render :xml => @mash.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
       end
     end
   end
-
-  def update
-    @mash = Mash.find(params[:id])
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      if @mash.update_attributes(params[:mash])
-        flash[:notice] = 'Mash was successfully updated.'
-        format.html { redirect_to(@mash) }
-        format.xml { head :ok }
-      else
-        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
-        format.xml { render :xml => @mash.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    @mash = Mash.find(params[:id])
-    @mash.destroy
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html { redirect_to(mashes_url) }
-      format.xml { head :ok }
-    end
-  end
 end

rails/map-mash/app/views/mashes/new.html.erb

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-<h1>New mash</h1>
+<h1>Mash the Maps!</h1>
+<p>Choose your fave.</p>
 
 <% form_for(@mash) do |f| %>
   <%= f.error_messages %>
 
+  <div id="map_a" class="mash-image">
+    <%= f.label 'A' %><br />
+    <%= f.hidden_field :map_a, :value => @map_a.id %>
+    <image src="<%= url_for @map_a %>.png" />
+  </div>
+  <div id="map_b" class="mash-image">
+    <%= f.label 'B' %><br />
+    <%= f.hidden_field :map_b, :value => @map_b.id %>
+    <image src="<%= url_for @map_b %>.png" />
+  </div>
   <p>
-    <div id="map_a">
+    <%= f.select :winner, [['A', @map_a.id], ['B', @map_b.id]] %>
-      <%= f.label :map_a %><br />
-      <image src="<%= url_for @map_a %>.png" />
-    </div>
-    <div id="map_b">
-      <%= f.label :map_b %><br />
-      <image src="<%= url_for @map_b %>.png" />
-    </div>
   </p>
   <p>
-    <%= f.label :winner %><br />
+    <%= f.submit 'Mash' %>
-    <%= f.text_field :winner %>
-  </p>
-  <p>
-    <%= f.submit 'Create' %>
   </p>
 <% end %>