From 53aaf95855b3e9bdcc834e906042c7dc0ca446c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Bigg Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:07:24 +1000 Subject: [getting started] explain :as option --- guides/source/getting_started.textile | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'guides/source/getting_started.textile') 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 -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 -- cgit v1.2.3