On: Don't Fear the URLs

[chrisbroadfoot]

So, instead of having multiple routes, with this method you're locked into one route per action.

[delano → chrisbroadfoot]

That's not true. Have you looked at Sinatra? It's gorgeous. All URI definitions can (and should) be placed in a single .rb file.

  get '/content/:id' do
    header 'Content-Type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
  
    # Get content using params[:id]
  
    if (!@content.empty?)
      erb :show
    else
      redirect '/'
    end
  end

  get '/newstuff' do
    header 'Content-Type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
    login_required

    # Do stuff

    erb :new, :layout => :layout_admin
  end
 
  post '/newstuff' do
    header 'Content-Type' => 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
    login_required
  
    @summary = Summary.new(
      :date => Time.now, 
      :title => params[:title], 
      :author => params[:author], 
      :worthwhile => params[:worthwhile]
    )
  
    # Save content
  
    erb(:new, :layout => :layout_admin)
  end