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Expand Up @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ For more installation methods for most Operating Systems take a look at
[ruby-lang.org](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/).

If you are working on Windows, you should also install the
[Ruby Installer Development Kit](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/).
[Ruby Installer Development Kit](https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/).

You will also need an installation of the SQLite3 database.
Many popular UNIX-like OSes ship with an acceptable version of SQLite3.
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| File/Folder | Purpose |
| ----------- | ------- |
|app/|Contains the controllers, models, views, helpers, mailers, channels, jobs and assets for your application. You'll focus on this folder for the remainder of this guide.|
|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, update, deploy or run your application.|
|bin/|Contains the rails script that starts your app and can contain other scripts you use to setup, update, deploy, or run your application.|
|config/|Configure your application's routes, database, and more. This is covered in more detail in [Configuring Rails Applications](configuring.html).|
|config.ru|Rack configuration for Rack based servers used to start the application. For more information about Rack, see the [Rack website](https://rack.github.io/).|
|db/|Contains your current database schema, as well as the database migrations.|
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create something with a bit more substance.

In the Blog application, you will now create a new _resource_. A resource is the
term used for a collection of similar objects, such as articles, people or
term used for a collection of similar objects, such as articles, people, or
animals.
You can create, read, update and destroy items for a resource and these
You can create, read, update, and destroy items for a resource and these
operations are referred to as _CRUD_ operations.

Rails provides a `resources` method which can be used to declare a standard REST
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```

When you refresh <http://localhost:3000/articles/new> you'll now see that the
page has a title. The route, controller, action and view are now working
page has a title. The route, controller, action, and view are now working
harmoniously! It's time to create the form for a new article.

### The first form
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`@article.errors.any?` would throw an error.

TIP: Rails automatically wraps fields that contain an error with a div
with class `field_with_errors`. You can define a css rule to make them
with class `field_with_errors`. You can define a CSS rule to make them
standout.

Now you'll get a nice error message when saving an article without title when
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This time we point the form to the `update` action, which is not defined yet
but will be very soon.

Passing the article object to the method, will automagically create url for submitting the edited article form.
This option tells Rails that we want this form to be submitted
via the `PATCH` HTTP method which is the HTTP method you're expected to use to
**update** resources according to the REST protocol.
Passing the article object to the method will automatically set the URL for
submitting the edited article form. This option tells Rails that we want this
form to be submitted via the `PATCH` HTTP method, which is the HTTP method you're
expected to use to **update** resources according to the REST protocol.

The arguments to `form_with` could be model objects, say, `model: @article` which would
cause the helper to fill in the form with the fields of the object. Passing in a
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TIP: Learn more about Unobtrusive JavaScript on
[Working With JavaScript in Rails](working_with_javascript_in_rails.html) guide.

Congratulations, you can now create, show, list, update and destroy
Congratulations, you can now create, show, list, update, and destroy
articles.

TIP: In general, Rails encourages using resources objects instead of
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resources:

* The [Ruby on Rails Guides](index.html)
* The [Ruby on Rails Tutorial](http://railstutorial.org/book)
* The [Ruby on Rails mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)
* The [Ruby on Rails Tutorial](https://www.railstutorial.org/book)
* The [Ruby on Rails mailing list](https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)
* The [#rubyonrails](irc://irc.freenode.net/#rubyonrails) channel on irc.freenode.net


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