Rails route file looks strange

I've just started working out of a rails 3 project in github and the routes.rb file doesn't seem to follow the usual format (eg: map.connect 'blahblahblah'). Instead it looks something like so:

MyProject::Application.routes.draw do

   root :to => 'content#index'

   match '/logout' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :logout
   match '/login' => 'sessions#new', :as => :login

  resources :accounts do
    resources :users


    member do
      post :upgrade
      get :cancel
    end
  end

  namespace :dashboard do
    resource :control_panel do
      member do
        post :show_info
      end
    end
  end

There a little more info after that but I've excluded it for brevitys sake. Can someone tell me how this file structure operates and specifically the diff开发者_Go百科erence between 'resource' and 'namespace' above?

Thanks, gearoid.

This is the rails 3 syntax for routing. map.connect was the rails 2 syntax.

Documentation for rails 3 routing.

Resource creates routes for the 7 CRUD actions in rails (Create, Index, Show, Update, Edit, New and Destroy.) Namespace allows you to namespace the routes.

  namespace :dashboard do
    resource :control_panel do
      member do
        post :show_info
      end
    end
  end

This creates the 7 CRUD routes for control_panel under the dashboard namespace, such as:

http://localhost:3000/dashboard/control_panel/new
http://localhost:3000/dashboard/control_panel/show/1

Routing in Rails 3 got a pretty major overhaul. Seems like you should probably read up on the new world order. Check out the Rails 3 Routing Guide. It has a section on Resources and one on Namespaces.