On Monday, 11 March 2013 12:29:02 UTC-5, Colin Law wrote:
>
> If the students have difficulty with understanding the concept of the 
> home page being at the root of the site then I think there is little 
> hope for them as they get into the details of Rails. 
>

Never said it was difficult.  They master the details of Rails just fine. 
 But I lover the fact the Rails uses a smattering of English-like DSL usage 
throughout, and "root" stands out to me as something that might be improved 
upon.


On Monday, 11 March 2013 12:29:02 UTC-5, Colin Law wrote:
>
> On 10 March 2013 22:42, Jeff Cohen <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> 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". 
>
> If the students have difficulty with understanding the concept of the 
> home page being at the root of the site then I think there is little 
> hope for them as they get into the details of Rails. 
>
> Colin 
>

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