Rails Router

Definitions

1. The component in Ruby on Rails (defined in config/routes.rb) that maps incoming HTTP request URLs and methods to controller actions. It supports RESTful resource routing, nested routes, named route helpers, constraints, and namespace scoping to organize URL structures declaratively.

   In plain English: The part of a Rails app that decides which code should handle each incoming web request based on the URL and HTTP method.

   Example: "Just add resources :comments, only: [:create, :destroy] to the router and Rails generates the RESTful endpoints automatically."

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