SMRTR ProgrammingMar 12, 2026Dev.to

Building a Rails Engine - Controllers & Routing in a Rails Engine

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Building controllers for Rails engines requires solving dynamic inheritance and route isolation. This guide shows how to use constantize for flexible parent controller configuration, design RESTful routes with custom member actions for import workflows, and implement seven controller actions that handle the complete data import lifecycle from creation to confirmation.

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