# Helpers [Numbers](api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/NumberHelper.html#method-i-number_to_phone)

[Text](api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html#method-i-truncate)

[Date](api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#method-i-distance_of_time_in_words)

  • Create a view helper in the movies view helper to format imdb’s movie.length as “1 hour and 55 minutes”

  • for each search result display the first 50 characters of the plot

  • display rating as a percentage

  • remove some of your logic in your views into view helpers

  • show when the last time a movie was voted on, faved or saved

  • show number of search results as “85 search results” for both IMDB and your own DB