Rails controller action methods corresponding to static web pages One of my rails controllers is horribly overcrowded with a bunch of methods that link to static web pages.

Controller

def adventure
end

def cooking
end

def dancing
end

def programming
end

def reading
end

def running
end

def sports
end

def writing
end


For each of the above actions I have seperate view files and routes defined for them.

View Files

adventure.html.erb
cooking.html.erb
dancing.html.erb
programming.html.erb
reading.html.erb
running.html.erb
sports.html.erb
writing.html.erb


Routes

match '/adventure', to: 'pages#adventure', via: 'get'
match '/cooking', to: 'pages#fighting', via: 'get'
match '/dancing', to: 'pages#first_person_shooter', via: 'get'

match '/programming', to: 'pages#programming', via: 'get'
match '/reading', to: 'pages#reading', via: 'get'
match '/running', to: 'pages#running', via: 'get'
match '/sports', to: 'pages#sports', via: 'get'
match '/writing', to: 'pages#writing', via: 'get'


It is quite embarrassing to have code that horrible. Is there any way I can optimize that?
You don't need to define empty actions in your Controller.

Your code should work even if you delete all the empty actions, leaving you only with the views and routes:

page_controller.rb:

class PageController &lt; ApplicationController
end


views:

adventure.html.erb
cooking.html.erb
dancing.html.erb
programming.html.erb
reading.html.erb
running.html.erb
sports.html.erb
writing.html.erb


routes:

match '/adventure', to: 'pages#adventure', via: 'get'
match '/cooking', to: 'pages#cooking', via: 'get'
match '/dancing', to: 'pages#dancing', via: 'get'

match '/programming', to: 'pages#programming', via: 'get'
match '/reading', to: 'pages#reading', via: 'get'
match '/running', to: 'pages#running', via: 'get'
match '/sports', to: 'pages#sports', via: 'get'
match '/writing', to: 'pages#writing', via: 'get'


or, if you really want things super DRY:

%w(adventure cooking dancing programming reading running sports writing).each do |page|
  match "/#{page}", to: "pages##{page}", via: 'get'
end