What kind of traction does cells have in the Rails community?

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I am commencing a Rails build and have been looking at Cells - seems like a powerful piece of kit. What kind of real traction does cells have in the community at large and is it worth implementing for a site that is likely to have a fairly complex view layer?

For those of us who might *not* be familiar with "Cells" it would be helpful if you could link to the project from w/in your question... — Meltemi, Feb 15 '11 at 12:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '11 at 12:59

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Funny, read this to learn the contrary http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/fkjix/what_do_you_think_about_the_cells_gem/

:-D

answered May 04 '11 at 12:59

apotonick

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 14:47

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There was some discussion about it awhile back, but thats mostly cause the author of the library posted a series of articles about it on rubyflow. It is definately not one of those things everyone uses.

Personally, I don't buy the assertion that partials + helpers are bad, and I think cells is an overly complex solution to most scenarios. I would imagine it would have its place though.

answered Feb 15 '11 at 14:47

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Thanks, that was my feeling. Just thought I'd ping the community. Thanks guys. – buddhamagnet Feb 16 '11 at 10:51

score -4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '11 at 14:40

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I think the response you have received in 3 hours basically answers your question...

answered Feb 15 '11 at 14:40

DanS

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Indeed! Nada, zilch, tumbleweed. – buddhamagnet Feb 16 '11 at 10:52
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This is not an answer – nickl- Jul 16 '13 at 21:20
Oh what a turnout! There is something similar boiling up in the Rails community now. https://github.com/github/view_component – Yogesh Khater May 24 '20 at 13:32

What kind of traction does cells have in the Rails community?

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