Ok, I'm not as advanced as 7stud. Im not familiar with ruby and I started studying Rails. Your replies where very informative but also a bit confusing at the same time.
1. So when we want to go to localhost/myapp/users/1 rails first maps the URL to Users#show, then creates the object user_controller = UsersController.new and then executes the user_controller.show? 2. When we assign an instance variable inside the controller , doesn't it refer to the controller object that rails create? For example @user -> user_controller = UsersController.new What would the difference be between the instance variable and the self.user inside t he controller method. 3. I didn't understand your justification of getter and setter.Since instance variables work fine why would you need to define a setter and getter. You can just assign to the instance variable and you're done since it will be accessible in the controller and view for as long as the sess_controller lasts. Instead of self.current_user = user we could write @current_user = user Why call the current_user getter and not just call the @current_user directly. I'm a bit confused. The easy way would be to memorize or copy/paste but understanding the code is better way to create rails apps. -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
