How HTTP Requests work in Rails

Process overview

⚠️ This is how HTTP requests work without any interaction with the model.

[request] ➡️ routes.rb ➡️ [controller] + [action] ➡️ view ➡️ browser

1. A browser sends an HTTP request
2. The Rails server receives the request
3. routes.rb tells Rails which [controller] + [action] to send the request to (e.g. about#index)
4. The [controller] receives the request and runs code in the method that matches the [action] from routes.rb
5. Rails generates a view (e.g. index.html.erb)
6. Rails sends the view back to the browser
7. The browser renders the view

⚠️ A model is included in later guides.

🔗 Link to REST tutorial via Thoughtbot