One of the fundamental principles in Ruby is DRY: Don’t Repeat Yourself; which makes sense. Why waste time and effort re-writing code when you can simply reuse code you’ve already written? It also means if you ever need to change your code, you only have to change it in one...

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In tip #3 I showed a quick javascript tip to hide your flash messages after a time delay. This technique may not be suitable for every application however; hiding feedback messages too quickly may make your site less accessible, especially to users who are visually impaired.

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