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Ruby Rails Routes and Resources A Route to an Index Action Creating a Model

Danish Saleem
Danish Saleem
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Posted by Danish Saleem
Danish Saleem
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why creating the controller with plural names and creating model with singular ?

When we are creating the controller we use the plural form of the name , but when we are creating the model class we are using the singular form of the name , why ?

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Umar Ghouse
Umar Ghouse
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Umar Ghouse
Umar Ghouse
14,607 Points

Think of it like this. The model is like a blueprint for every instance of the model and the controller is what "controls" all the instances of that model.

For example, if we have a person model, then the model will serve as the blueprint for each person that we create. i.e. Using the model blueprint, we can create only one person at a time. Hence we use the singular form Person.

But the controller decides what happens to every person. Hence we use the plural form PeopleController.

I hope that helped! Let me know if you need any extra clarification :)