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Asked: 2026-06-06T13:31:07+00:00

This question stems from Hartl’s Rails Tutorial (progressed in chapter 9) – sorry if

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This question stems from Hartl’s Rails Tutorial (progressed in chapter 9) – sorry if it seems particularly noobish…

Currently, I understand that in the routes.rb file, when a page was defined using, for example:

match '/help', to: 'static_pages#help'

a link generated in an embedded ruby:

<li><%= link_to "Help", help_path %></li>

would function. The help_path, and specifically the word “path”, would correspond to the “#help” defined in routes.

However, the routes file did not define links for items such as users_path (used to show all users), or edit_user_path(current user) (used to edit settings of the current user) – I was confused as to where they were defined, and how they are able to correctly function and link me the desired places.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The routes file does, in fact, get an entry determining the behavior of users (shown in listing 2.2). It gets created through the scaffolding described here.

    resources :users

    By convention a “resource” entry in your routes.rb file sets up a number of paths that will be associated with users. Refer to the Rails Guide for a good overview.

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