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This article explores how to render JSON responses through view templates in Ruby on Rails, replacing the traditional approach of directly calling to_json in controllers. Using the users controller as an example, it analyzes the automatic template lookup mechanism in the respond_to block's format.json, details best practices for creating show.json.erb view files, and compares multiple templating solutions like ERB, RABL, and JSON Builder. Through code examples and architectural analysis, it explains how view-layer JSON rendering enhances code maintainability, supports complex data formatting, and adheres to Rails' convention over configuration principle.