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ActiveModel classes have a class method .human_attribute_name. This returns a human-readable form of the attribute: Person.human_attribute...

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If an view spec crashes due to undefined helper methods, you can enable this option: # config/application.rb config.action_controller.include_all_helpers = true...

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This card describes two variants, that add a more intuitive workflow when working with nested attributes in Rails + Unpoly.