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diff --git a/docs/narr/firstapp.rst b/docs/narr/firstapp.rst index ccc2b8b18..c082f616b 100644 --- a/docs/narr/firstapp.rst +++ b/docs/narr/firstapp.rst @@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ named ``hello_world``. :linenos: :pyobject: hello_world -This function doesn't do anything very difficult. The functions accepts a -single argument (``request``). The ``hello_world`` function returns an -instance of the :class:`pyramid.response.Response`. The single argument to -the class' constructor is value computed from arguments matched from the url -route. This value becomes the body of the response. +The function accepts a single argument (``request``) and it returns an +instance of the :class:`pyramid.response.Response` class. The single +argument to the class' constructor is a string computed from parameters +matched from the URL. This value becomes the body of the response. This function is known as a :term:`view callable`. A view callable accepts a single argument, ``request``. It is expected to return a @@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ Adding Configuration :lines: 10-11 First line above calls the :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` -method, which registers a :term:`route` to match any url path that begins +method, which registers a :term:`route` to match any URL path that begins with ``/hello/`` followed by a string. The second line, ``config.add_view(hello_world, route_name='hello')``, |