For a domain, say "example.org", you would call "example.org/" as the 
"root" domain. The "root" domain points to the "home" page
of the website. The idea of "root" should be made clear to students from 
the beginning.

I think, since "root" is not that obscure, we can just let it be ?


On Monday, 11 March 2013 04:12:38 UTC+5:30, Jeff Cohen wrote:
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I think "home" might be a better description than 
> "root".  Students ask me "how do I indicate which action is my home page," 
> not "how do I indicate which action is my root page."  If this sounds 
> appealing I can try to dig through the router code and see if I can submit 
> a PR in time for Rails 4, and make "home" an alias for "root". 
>
> But if there's actually a good reason for keeping it as "root," let me 
> know and save me the effort :-)
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff
>
>

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