Ruby has a sane syntax. It probably seems a little foreign if you're new. '#' is the standard notation used throughout the Ruby language for instance methods.

Ruby has a sane syntax. It probably seems a little foreign if you're new. '#' is the standard notation used throughout the Ruby language for instance methods. Think of it like this: Blog::Application.routes.draw do |implicit_self| implicit_self.get( '/patients/:id', { to: 'patients#show', as: 'patient' } ) end