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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
