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What are partials in Rails views?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Partials are reusable view templates.
Deep explanation
They reduce duplication in views by extracting shared components.
Real-world example
Reusing header or form components.
Common mistakes
- Over-fragmenting views into too many partials.
Follow-up questions
- What are layouts?
- How to pass locals to partials?