ruby on rails 3 - can't make a page root -

i noob in ruby on rails excuse question if stupid 1 :

i've added in routes.rb command :

root :to => "pages#home"

a have generated pages-controller using

rails generate controller pages 

in pages_controller.rb i've defined function named home :

def home @text = "da" end 

in views folder app in newly generated pages folder i've created file named home.html.erb . in i've placed following command :

<%= @text %> 

the problem when start server app isn't rooted in home , when run localhost:3000/pages/home still doesn't work :

no route matches "/home" 

you have created controller no view, try these commands

$ rails new myapp $ cd myapp $ rails g controller pages index    <- create controller **plus** index view $ rm public/index.html 

now edit routes.rb , add root :to => "pages#index

$ rails s 

open http://localhost:3000 , you'll see new page.

i'm noob (i started coding in ruby 2 weeks ago)... strongly suggest book, such agile web development rails 4th ed. covered book in week , gave me lot of insight ruby , rails.