#203 Routing in Rails 3

Mar 01, 2010 | 13 minutes | Routing, Rails 3.0, Rack

Rails 3 sports a new routing interface. In this episode I show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show off a few new features.

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Tobias almost 15 years ago

Another great episode! I like Monday mornings ;-)

@Ryan:
One question to the :year, :month, :day variables. Is it possible to set standard values for those that were not provided - or do you have to do this in the controller method itself?

Thanks and keep up the great work!
Tobias

Danz almost 15 years ago

Good screencast as usual...
I'm new to rails, and now I can understand about this great framework coz your screencast.
Thanks Ryan...

Since I watch and followed your screencast, I didn't see screencast about Chat Application with Rails. Would you please to make screencast about it (e.g. with XMPP4R or Juggernaut) correct me if I'm wrong)...
Thanks before

Peter almost 15 years ago

The new routing is looking really sexy, like everything I've seen of Rails 3 so far.

It's gonna be another good year for us rubyists ^^

Jose almost 15 years ago

The API is not complete though. Shallow routes are missing, for instance.

Ryan Bates almost 15 years ago

@Tobias, I heard of a :defaults option you can supply for default values, but I could not get this to work. If nothing else it's pretty easy to handle default values on the controller side.

@Jose, right, shallow routes are in the works I believe.

Patrick Ma almost 15 years ago

Great screen-cast, very helpful details on what's to come from Rails 3 in terms of routing. You got a very clear voice, looking forward to more screen-casts.

George almost 15 years ago

Hi Ryan,
Thank you for a great tutorial. Keep it up.

p.s. I noticed what I think might be a typo in the episode description.
"Rails 3 sports" should be "Rails 3 supports".

steve almost 15 years ago

@George: I'll take the liberty of saving Ryan a response. "To sport" is a verb used for precisely this purpose. It means "to wear or display" (something) and is often used as a synonym for "have" when the writer wishes to make the writing feel more active. It also has a positive, energetic connotation, making it well-suited to describing new features of a product, service, or fashion.