Use Hash#fetch with default value (more Rubyish)

Author: n-rodriguez

lib/ajax-datatables-rails/datatable/column/order.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def orderable?
 
         # Add sort_field option to allow overriding of sort field
         def sort_field
-          @view_column[:sort_field] || field
+          @view_column.fetch(:sort_field, field)
         end
 
         def sort_query

lib/ajax-datatables-rails/datatable/column/search.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def searchable?
         end
 
         def cond
-          @view_column[:cond] || :like
+          @view_column.fetch(:cond, :like)
         end
 
         def filter