a ruby on rails widget

module WidgetsHelper
  def recent_topics_widget(limit = 5)
    topics = Topic.find(:all, :order => 'created_at DESC', :limit => limit)
    render :partial => 'widgets/recent_topics', :locals => { :topics => topics }
  end
 
  # all other widgets go here
end
 
# in application.rb
helper :widgets # loads the WidgetsHelper for all views
 
# in views/widgets/_recent_topics.rhtml
<div id="recent_topics" class="widget">
<% for topic in topics %>
  <div class="topic"><%= topic.name %></div>
<% end %>
</div>