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diff --git a/guides/source/routing.md b/guides/source/routing.md index 329a0ad8a3..81fcee23b5 100644 --- a/guides/source/routing.md +++ b/guides/source/routing.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The Rails router recognizes URLs and dispatches them to a controller's action. I ### Connecting URLs to Code -When your Rails application receives an incoming request +When your Rails application receives an incoming request for ``` GET /patients/17 @@ -42,17 +42,19 @@ You can also generate paths and URLs. If the route above is modified to be get '/patients/:id', to: 'patients#show', as: 'patient' ``` -If your application contains this code: +and your application contains this code in the controller ```ruby @patient = Patient.find(17) ``` +and this in the corresponding view + ```erb <%= link_to 'Patient Record', patient_path(@patient) %> ``` -The router will generate the path `/patients/17`. This reduces the brittleness of your view and makes your code easier to understand. Note that the id does not need to be specified in the route helper. +then the router will generate the path `/patients/17`. This reduces the brittleness of your view and makes your code easier to understand. Note that the id does not need to be specified in the route helper. Resource Routing: the Rails Default ----------------------------------- |