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How does routing work internally in Rails 3? In this episode I'll walk you through the Rails code that makes routing possible.

In this episode I show how to nest resources through routing and go into some new additions in Rails 2.2.

In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters.

By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details.

Sometimes you need to add complex/dynamic routes. This is often impossible to do in routes.rb, but do not worry. It can be accomplished with a catch-all route. See how in this episode.

REST adds many constraints. It restricts your controllers to seven actions. Normally this is okay, but sometimes you need to add your own custom actions. Learn how in this episode.

When you add a custom route, make it a named route so you have url helper methods to easily link to that new route. See episode for details.

In this episode, Kevin Clark shows us some of the new REST features found in Edge Rails. He covers some basic concepts such as HTTP verbs, and also takes a look at using RESTful routes. Here are the slides