Ok - Thanks so I was reading it wrong! but then all that is in the
pages_controller.rb is:
class PagesController < ApplicationController
def home
@title = "Home"
end
def contact
@title = "Contact"
end
def about
@title = "About"
end
def help
@title = "Help"
end
end
Doesn't this just define some variables? what is the action?
On Oct 20, 1:43 am, Rajinder Yadav <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10-10-19 05:20 PM, Murph2m wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I am following a Ruby on rails tutorial and everything is working but
> > I am struggling a bit to follow what is happening and why:
>
> > I have created the following routes.db and I just want some help
> > understanding what it is doing?
>
> > SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
> > get "pages/home"
> > get "pages/contact"
> > get "pages/about"
> > get "pages/help"
>
> > match '/contact', :to => 'pages#contact'
> > match '/about', :to => 'pages#about'
> > match '/help', :to => 'pages#help'
>
> > root :to => 'pages#home'
> > end
>
> > I am in the process of readinghttp://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
> > but it is a learning curve!
>
> > Is it saying to match '/contact' with 'pages/contact' and to get
> > 'pages/contact'? If so what is the # for in 'pages#contact'?
>
> > Any help understanding really appreciated!
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Matt
>
> match '/contact', :to => 'pages#contact'
>
> reads, match path '/contact' and load controller Pages and execute
> action 'contact'
>
> however you can remove the comma and also ':to =>' to define the route as:
>
> match '/contact' => 'pages#contact'
>
> if you run 'rake routes' you will see:
>
> contact /contact(.:format) {:controller=>"pages", :action=>"contact"}
>
> this tells you that the format "pages#contact" is in the form:
>
> controller#action
>
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