Is there any disadvantage to using singular names for controllers and helpers? Nothing seems to rely on this. It even seems helpers don't have to make the same choice about singular vs. plural as their corresponding controllers, at least according to my limited experimentation. Is that true?
Definitely plural.
Controller:
dog_controller.rb
Routes:
map.resources :dogs # => blows up
map.resources :dog # is ok, but...
dogs_path # => blows up
dog_path # => ok
Controller:
dogs_controller.rb
Routes:
map.resources :dogs
dogs_path # => ok
dog_path # => ok
rails generate controller --help
has plural examples:
Example:
`rails generate controller CreditCards open debit credit close`
CreditCards controller with URLs like /credit_cards/debit.
Controller: app/controllers/credit_cards_controller.rb
Test: test/controllers/credit_cards_controller_test.rb
Views: app/views/credit_cards/debit.html.erb [...]
Helper: app/helpers/credit_cards_helper.rb