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Courses Plus Student 4,771 PointsWhy page but new_page_path
In the index.html.erb we use <%= link_to page.title, page %> to link to the page.
But to link to the form, we use <%= link_to 'New Page', new_page_path %>
Wy do we need to add _path and don't use the alias new_page (from the routes.rb)
1 Answer
Jay McGavren
Treehouse Teacherpage is a variable holding a Page object. When it receives an object as the second argument like this, I believe link_to will call page_path(page) to get a path to the show action for that particular page, and use that as the link path.
new_page in the routes.rb file sets up the route name. One of the methods that naming the route creates is called new_page_path; I don't believe it creates any method named new_page.
Generally speaking, you want to use one of these as the second argument to link_to:
- A path string
- A model object that will be used to create a path string
And that's what the *_path methods return: a path string.