The other thing I want to add is how much 'else' I learned while running through Michael Hartl's tutorial. Despite many years making websites, I really had no

The other thing I want to add is how much 'else' I learned while running through Michael Hartl's tutorial. Despite many years making websites, I really had no clue about basic http methods — get, put, post, etc — and in fact, I didn't even realize what they were. The other huge, huge thing for me was finally figuring out what REST is all about. Basically, the web runs on those few basic http methods, and using the REST approach spells that out for you and cements it in your head. I had an awesome jump-up-and-down moment when it finally clicked.