On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpds...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am curious what folks do with the #show action (and its associated view) > in a RESTful application. > > How often is it used?
? I've never done (or even imagined) an app that doesn't use it. > It seems to me that, for the sorts of applications I can envision, it > probably wouldn't be used much at all. Everything I might want to show can > be displayed by the #index action. Is that true more or less often than > not? Typically, the index page lists multiple instances of a thing (model) -- people, groups, bikes, t-shirts -- with links to 'show' you a detail view of a single instance of that model. That's a classic web design pattern, regardless of platform. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
