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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 3, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-javascript-css-code-ouput-in-textarea-best-ways/184470 "2010-03-03T03:28:45Z")\
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**Author:**  [@smarter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smarter)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-javascript-css-code-ouput-in-textarea-best-ways/184470/1 "2010-03-03T03:28:45Z")
Hello:
What would be the best way to Output Code in TextArea for a UI
component?
The Rails App View is pure HTML and JavaScript.
> > render in text for controller action and the text is the code string.
> > The \< and \> etc can be passed as is in this mode.
> > Read a HTML Template File (containing JS and CSS references) in Public directory(?) that needs to be substitute some variables that were inputted in a form by the user.
> > Create HTML on Ruby Side with some XML Builder instead of Reading a File.
> > And then pass that String to code.
Please advise.
Thank you.
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**Author:**  [@smarter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smarter)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-javascript-css-code-ouput-in-textarea-best-ways/184470/2 "2010-03-03T03:33:18Z")
Smart RoR wrote:
> Hello:
>
> What would be the best way to Output Code in TextArea for a UI
> component?
> The Rails App View is pure HTML and JavaScript.
>
> > > render in text for controller action and the text is the code string.
> > > The \< and \> etc can be passed as is in this mode.
>
> > > Read a HTML Template File (containing JS and CSS references) in Public directory(?) that needs to be substitute some variables that were inputted in a form by the user.
>
> > > Create HTML on Ruby Side with some XML Builder instead of Reading a File.
> > > And then pass that String to code.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you.
Sorry, this probably should be in Ruby on Rails forum.
Thanks.