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First steps
using the resources method, putting it directly under the root method in this file, as
shown in the following listing.
Listing 3.11 config/routes.rb
resources :projects
This is called a resource route, and it defines the routes to the seven RESTful actions in
your projects controller. When something is said to be RESTful, it means it conforms
to the Representational State Transfer (REST) standard. In Rails, this means the
related controller has seven actions:
� index
� show
� new
� create
� edit
� update
� destroy
These seven actions match to just four request paths:
� /projects
� /projects/new
� /projects/:id
� /projects/:id/edit
How can four be equal to seven? It can’t! Not in this world, anyway. Rails will determine
what action to route to on the basis of the HTTP method of the requests to these
paths. Table 3.1 lists the routes, HTTP methods, and corresponding actions to make it
clearer.
The routes listed in the table are provided when you use resources :projects.
This is yet another great example of how Rails takes care of the configuration so you
can take care of the coding.
Table 3.1 RESTful routing matchup
HTTP method Route Action
GET /projects index
POST /projects create
GET /projects/new new
GET /projects/:id show
PUT /projects/:id update
DELETE /projects/:id destroy
GET /projects/:id/edit edit
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