#89 Page Caching

Jan 20, 2008 | 6 minutes | Performance, Controllers, Caching

Page caching is an efficient way to cache stateless content. In this episode I will show you how to cache the dynamic javascript we created last week.

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Episode 90: Fragment Caching

          javascripts_controller.rb
        
caches_page :dynamic_states

          config/environments/development.rb
        
config.action_controller.perform_caching = true

          config/environment.rb
        
config.load_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/sweepers"

          app/sweepers/state_sweeper.rb
        
class StateSweeper < ActionController::Caching::Sweeper
  observe State
  
  def after_save(state)
    expire_cache(state)
  end
  
  def after_destroy(state)
    expire_cache(state)
  end
  
  def expire_cache(state)
    expire_page :controller => 'javascripts', :action => 'dynamic_states', :format => 'js'
  end
end

          states_controller.rb
        
cache_sweeper :state_sweeper, :only => [:create, :update, :destroy]