Create Action Lab

  1. Build a working create action

  2. Use a form_tag to create a new form that submits to the index action

  3. Correctly name form fields so that they end up at the top level of the params hash

  4. Assign data from params to a Student object in the create action

  5. Save that Student object in the create action

  6. Create a redirect_to from the create action to the show action

Instructions

Many of the spec tests are already passing for this lab, but there are some additional ones –– including our first use of controller tests –– located here:

  • Controller Specs - specs/controllers/students_controller_spec.rb

  • Capybara Specs - specs/features/student_spec.rb:37

When this lab is complete, your application should have the following behavior:

  1. User fills out the form on students/new

  2. When the form is submitted, a new record is created in the database

  3. After the user submits the form, they are redirected to the show page that renders the Student record that they created

Make sure to use a route helper method to redirect to the show page at the end of the create method. You can find the correct syntax for this route by running rake routes in the terminal.

Resources

Clone https://github.com/learn-co-curriculum/rails-create-action-lab

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