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Mark Lewis
4,094 PointsIncorrect HTTP Methods
I believe POST and PUT got mixed up at the beginning of this video. POST is to create and PUT is to update.
4 Answers
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsPlease link the video you are referring to.
Mark Lewis
4,094 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsYou seem to be right. Technically you could try to use POST for updating, but this is not the convention and Rails favors convention over configuration (this seems like fighting convention when it's unnecessary). I will notify the support.
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsI contact support a lot these days...
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsSidenote: PATCH is the preferred update verb right now.
Mark Lewis
4,094 PointsLater on in the video (around 2:00-3:00) POST is labeled correctly as the Create method.
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsIt seems the course got rolled out too soon, so we - the students - are making quality check in production :)
Mark Lewis
4,094 PointsDefinitely seems that way. :) I already know most of the information in the course so I just wanted to check it out as a review and see if there was anything new so it didn't really affect me, but I'd hate for a new student to learn that misinformation.