Learned today that helpers and partials are not created equal.  View helpers are like modules.  They primarily store ruby methods that can be used by your view files.  Form helpers make it easy to write and maintain form markup.

Partials are embedded ruby files (.erb) used to break up the HTML code and simplify your views.  Partials are useful when you need to reuse html snippets or to avoid duplication.

Route helpers are specified or designated keyword shortcuts for url paths. An example is new_photo_path would refer to the http://www.domainexample.com/photos/new URL.