ruby-on-rails – form_for中text_field和text_area之间的区别

<%= form_for :account do |a| %>
    Name: <%= a.text_field :name %><br />
    Password: <%= a.text_area :password %><br />
    Password Confirmation: <%= a.text_field :password_confirmation %><br />
<%= a.submit %>
<% end %>

但我不明白其中的区别.初学者Rails开发人员是否有必要了解其中的差异？

我在API中找到了一些我不明白的解释 – 也许有人可以看看,让我知道发生了什么.

对于“text_area”：

text_area(object_name,method,options = {})

Returns a textarea opening and closing tag set tailored for accessing a 
specified attribute (identified by method) on an object assigned to the template 
(identified by object). 
 Additional options on the input tag can be passed as a hash with options.

然后,对于“text_field”：

text_field(object_name,options = {}) Link

    Returns an input tag of the “text” type tailored for accessing a specified 
attribute (identified by method) on an object assigned to the template 
(identified by object). Additional options on the input tag can be passed 
as a hash with options. These options will be tagged onto the HTML as an 
HTML element attribute as in the example shown.