# Views: partials vs. cells

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-partials-vs-cells/132705>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 23, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-partials-vs-cells/132705 "2008-03-23T21:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSKyrre_NygSSSSrdSS)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-partials-vs-cells/132705/1 "2008-03-23T21:17:34Z")

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Hello!

Is it a wise choice to replace all my partials with cells?

> **[Cells bring clean re-use to your Rails views](https://mikepence.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/cells-bring-clean-re-use-to-your-rails-views/)**
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> Re-using logic in Rails views has long been much more difficult than it needs to be. Any non-trivial web app has stateful UI elements that recur throughout the site like a shopping cart or a naviga…

[http://cells.rubyforge.org/rdoc/index.html](http://cells.rubyforge.org/rdoc/index.html)

Thanks,  
Kyrre