# Form\_for can someone please explain this?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-for-can-someone-please-explain-this/190188>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-for-can-someone-please-explain-this/190188 "2010-06-17T16:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![supernoob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@supernoob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/supernoob)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-for-can-someone-please-explain-this/190188/1 "2010-06-17T16:22:15Z")

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I have been trying to understand how form\_for works and the api or  
anything on the web does not offer a simple explanation that i could  
understand. seems all their explanations are too complicated for me.

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**Author:** ![supernoob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@supernoob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/supernoob)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-for-can-someone-please-explain-this/190188/2 "2010-06-17T16:22:39Z")

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On 15 June 2010 00:18, supernoob [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I have been trying to understand how form\_for works and the api or  
> anything on the web does not offer a simple explanation that i could  
> understand. seems all their explanations are too complicated for me.

What is it that you do not understand? If you cannot work out how to  
use it at all then have a look at the rails guide Getting Started at  
[guides.rubyonrails.org](http://guides.rubyonrails.org). This includes the use of form\_for to get you  
started.

Colin