Scopes

app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class AsciicastsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     collection = Asciicast.
+      newest.
       includes(:user).
-      order("created_at DESC").
       page(params[:page]).
       per(PER_PAGE)
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class AsciicastsController < ApplicationController
 
   def popular
     collection = Asciicast.
-      order("views_count DESC").
+      popular.
-      where("views_count > 0").
+      includes(:user).
       page(params[:page]).
       per(PER_PAGE)
 

app/models/asciicast.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class Asciicast < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :likes, :dependent => :destroy
 
   scope :featured, where(:featured => true)
+  scope :popular, where("views_count > 0").order("views_count DESC")
+  scope :newest, order("created_at DESC")
 
   before_create :assign_user, :unless => :user