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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile index c2c8ee02ad..41af90e720 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -193,14 +193,13 @@ principles: * Using resource identifiers such as URLs to represent resources. * Transferring representations of the state of that resource between system components. -For example, to a Rails application a request such as this: +For example, the following HTTP request: <tt>DELETE /photos/17</tt> -would be understood to refer to a photo resource with the ID of 17, and to -indicate a desired action - deleting that resource. REST is a natural style for -the architecture of web applications, and Rails hooks into this shielding you -from many of the RESTful complexities and browser quirks. +refers to a photo resource with an ID of 17 and indicates an action to be taken +upon it: deletion. REST is a natural web application architecture which Rails +abstracts, shielding you from RESTful complexities and browser quirks. If you'd like more details on REST as an architectural style, these resources are more approachable than Fielding's thesis: |