gistfile1.js

Routes.build({
  :controllers => ['application', 'home'],
  :home => ['index','about','tos'],
  :application => ['index'],
  :resources => ['categories','accounts']
  :categories => {
    :collections => ['browse'],
    :member => ['purchase']
    :resources => ['shirts']
    :shirts => {
        :member => 'show'
    }
   }
})


/*
 Adding a controller gives you only the actions you specify inside property.
 So for example we define two general controllers "Application", and "Home". This means
 that the router will resolve routes:
   /application/index
   /home/index
   /home/about
   /home/tos

If you add a controller to the resources array then you also get all the normal crud methods. For example the Categories controller would get these routes automatically
  /categories/index
  /categories/new
  /categories/1/edit
  /categories/create
  /categories/1/destroy

Additionally you can specify collection and member routes like you do in Rails e.g.
  /categories/browse
  /categories/1/purchase

Finally, you can also nest an arbitrary number of resources inside a resource by specifying a resources attributes. In our example shirts are a nested resource of products. Which means we get these routes
  /categories/1/shirts/index
  /categories/1/shirts/new
  /categories/1/shirts/1/edit
  /categories/1/shirts/create
  /categories/1/shirts/1/destroy

*/

Might I propose this:

Routes.build (r) ->
  r.controller 'application', (a) ->
    a.get 'index'
  r.controller 'home', (h) ->
    h.get 'index', 'about', 'tos
  r.resource 'accounts'
  r.resource 'categories', (c) ->
    c.collection 'browse'
    c.member 'purchase'
    c.resource 'shirts, (s) ->
      s.member 'show