Ruby on Rails·Ruby on Rails essentials

Routes

Rails routes map URLs to controller actions with RESTful defaults.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 1 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Edit config/routes.rb.
  • Use resources.
  • Run rails routes.

In plain English

Rails routes map URLs to controller actions with RESTful defaults.

  • Edit config/routes.rb.
  • Use resources.
  • Run rails routes.
routes.rbRUBY
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :courses, only: [:index, :show]
end
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Answer from memory: Which command lists routes?

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