# Am I on the Right Track?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/am-i-on-the-right-track/89023>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/am-i-on-the-right-track/89023 "2007-03-16T15:08:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/am-i-on-the-right-track/89023/1 "2007-03-16T15:08:31Z")

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Hi!

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I'm just starting to pickup learning ruby on rails. I started

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with it for awhile, but then quit because I was lost…and now I’m  
picking it back up again.

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My question is, am I on the right track? I'm trying to develop an

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application, and so far, it’s working well. But, in the app/views  
folder, there is a \_form.rhtml file. If I wanted to change the form  
around, can I edit that file, or is there another file that I should  
be using?

Thanks!  
Mike

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/am-i-on-the-right-track/89023/2 "2007-03-16T15:33:33Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> ```
> My question is, am I on the right track? I'm trying to develop an
> 
> ```
> 
> application, and so far, it’s working well. But, in the app/views  
> folder, there is a \_form.rhtml file. If I wanted to change the form  
> around, can I edit that file, or is there another file that I should  
> be using?

Pick up Dave T.'s book, Agile Development with Rails, as it’s very  
good for beginners…

As for your question, anything with a “\_” preceding an “rhtml” file is  
termed a “partial” in Rails terminology and is meant to display one (or  
a collection) of your models to the user for viewing or editing.  
Partials always exist nested within another partial or view and you are  
supposed to edit partials to your taste so I would say that you are  
probably on the right track but to be on the best track, pick up a book  
first… 🙂

ilan