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    copied!<p>I have a thing blog application, and I would like to shorten my routes. Here there are:</p> <pre><code>Blog::Application.routes.draw do resources :categories do resources :articles do resources :comments end end </code></pre> <p>A <strong>rake routes</strong> command build the following lines:</p> <pre><code> GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"index"} category_article_comments POST /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"create"} new_category_article_comment GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/new(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"new"} GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"show"} PUT /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"update"} category_article_comment DELETE /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"destroy"} edit_category_article_comment GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"comments", :action=&gt;"edit"} GET /categories/:category_id/articles(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"index"} category_articles POST /categories/:category_id/articles(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"create"} new_category_article GET /categories/:category_id/articles/new(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"new"} GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"show"} PUT /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"update"} category_article DELETE /categories/:category_id/articles/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"destroy"} edit_category_article GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"articles", :action=&gt;"edit"} GET /categories(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"index"} categories POST /categories(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"create"} new_category GET /categories/new(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"new"} GET /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"show"} PUT /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"update"} category DELETE /categories/:id(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"destroy"} edit_category GET /categories/:id/edit(.:format) {:controller=&gt;"categories", :action=&gt;"edit"} </code></pre> <p>As can be seen, each resource is ordered in a tree. So I believe that, it's could be interesting to simplify my routes such as for example:</p> <pre><code>/categories/ =&gt; / /categories/:id =&gt; /:id /categories/:category_id/articles/ =&gt; /:category_id/articles /categories/:category_id/articles/:id =&gt; /:category_id/:id /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/ =&gt; /:category_id/:article_id/comments /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments/:id =&gt; /:category_id/:article_id/:id </code></pre> <p>It's more DRY, is't it? :)</p> <p>Does Rails 3 provides a easy way to do so, with an HTTP verbs mapping to controller actions automatically? Thanks anyone.</p>
 

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