instance variable vs. symbol in ruby on rails (form_for)

Question

i\'m new to ruby on rails and am working with version 2.3 on mac osx. i am trying to create the same functionality a scaffold creates, but on my own. i created a \"post\" co

Answer 1

One possible reason is that it makes the code for the form to create a new post more similar to the code for a form to update an existing post.