--- title: Inline Routes in Rails | daily.dev description: The word Rack actually refers to two things: a protocol and a gem. We will start by understanding the problem Rack solves and move to more advanced concepts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/inline-routes-in-rails-gtxgznwts twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Inline Routes in Rails | daily.dev og:description: The word Rack actually refers to two things: a protocol and a gem. We will start by understanding the problem Rack solves and move to more advanced concepts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/inline-routes-in-rails-gtxgznwts og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Gtxgznwts.png og:image:alt: Inline Routes in Rails og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inline Routes in Rails **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 1 min read · 3 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The word Rack actually refers to two things: a protocol and a gem. We will start by understanding the problem Rack solves and move to more advanced concepts like middleware and the Rack DSL. In this article, we’ll do a deep dive into the Rails Router to understand it better. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@nittarab** · 0 upvotes > Can we add the tag #bad_practice to this article? Good luck to writing test **@titus\_42** · 0 upvotes > It's fun to know, but I highly discourage using such tweak. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#rails](https://daily.dev/tags/rails), [#aws-lambda](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-lambda), [#sinatra](https://daily.dev/tags/sinatra) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/inline-routes-in-rails-gtxgznwts) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Inline Routes in Rails","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/inline-routes-in-rails-gtxgznwts","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/inline-routes-in-rails-gtxgznwts"},"datePublished":"2023-05-13T22:22:49.041Z","dateModified":"2023-07-20T14:10:56.027Z","description":"The word Rack actually refers to two things: a protocol and a gem. 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