Don't REST on your Laurels - Kevin Murphy

On the benefits of using the default RESTful actions to prevent controllers from becoming too big and confusing.You can find many resources trumpeting the benefits of following RESTful routes in the context of a Rails application. I want to focus on my personal favorite benefit: Adherence to the default RESTful actions creates a constraint, and is a noticeable heuristic, that aids in limiting the surface area of classes. Planting an example 🔗 Let’s say we have an application that tracks people’s accomplishments. We call each instance of an accomplishment a laurel wreath. We love ourselves a metaphor.