Views

Phlex views serve as the main templates for your Rails application, corresponding directly to controller actions. Unlike components, which are reusable UI elements, views represent complete pages or sections that are rendered when users visit specific routes in your application.

Using Phlex Views in Controllers

To render a Phlex view from a Rails controller, you can use the standard render method:

class HomeController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render Views::Home.new
  end
end

This approach gives you the full power of Ruby for building your templates while maintaining the familiar Rails controller pattern.

Views vs. Components

While both views and components inherit from the same base classes, they serve different purposes: