Beginning Rails 6: From Novice to Professional

© Brady Somerville, Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr and Rida Al Barazi 2020

B. Somerville et al.Beginning Rails 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5716-6_7

7. Action Pack: Working with Routes, Controllers, and Views

Brady Somerville¹ , Adam Gamble², Cloves Carneiro Jr.³ and Rida Al Barazi⁴

(1)

Bowling Green, KY, USA

(2)

Gardendale, AL, USA

(3)

Hollywood, FL, USA

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FONTHILL, ON, Canada

 

When you type a URL into your browser’s address bar and press Enter, a few things happen behind the scenes. First, the domain name is translated into a unique address by which the server that hosts the application can be identified. The request is then sent to that server, which begins a chain of events that culminates in a response. The response is usually, but not always, ...