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| author | Ryan Bigg <radarlistener@gmail.com> | 2012-05-17 19:07:24 +1000 |
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| committer | Ryan Bigg <radarlistener@gmail.com> | 2012-05-17 19:56:56 +1000 |
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[getting started] explain :as option
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diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/guides/source/getting_started.textile index c105007a1a..166de11deb 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -1058,7 +1058,10 @@ line like this: get "posts/:id" => "posts#show", :as => :post </ruby> -Now you'll be able to update posts again. +The +:as+ option tells the +get+ method that we want to make routing helpers +called +post_url+ and +post_path+ available to our application. These are +precisely the methods that the +form_for+ needs when editing a post, and so now +you'll be able to update posts again. h4. Deleting Posts |