Matthew Weier O'Phinney: Using Action Helpers To Implement Re-Usable Widgets

Matthew Weier O’Phinney has just published an article on how to create reusable widgets with action helpers.

I had a twitter/IRC exchange yesterday with Andries Seutens and Nick Belhomme regarding applications that include widgets within their layout. During the exchange, I told Andriess not to use the action() view helper, and both Andriess and Nick then asked how to implement widgets if they shouldn’t use that helper. While I ended up having an IRC exchange with Nick to give him a general idea on how to accomplish the task, I decided a longer writeup was in order.

He then goes on to explain how to create a module that does not have controllers and actions, but instead uses an action helper to create a widget that allows a user to log in.