diff --git a/examples/basic.rs b/examples/basic.rs
index c77d4adf6..53dda877d 100644
--- a/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/examples/basic.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn main() {
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::new("/")
+        Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middlewares::Logger::default())
             // cookie session middleware
diff --git a/examples/state.rs b/examples/state.rs
index c199dd5e5..8d489dcf5 100644
--- a/examples/state.rs
+++ b/examples/state.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn main() {
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::with_state("/", AppState{counter: Cell::new(0)})
+        Application::with_state(AppState{counter: Cell::new(0)})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middlewares::Logger::default())
             // websocket route
diff --git a/examples/websocket.rs b/examples/websocket.rs
index 124e4526e..cb644753c 100644
--- a/examples/websocket.rs
+++ b/examples/websocket.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn main() {
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::new("/")
+        Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middlewares::Logger::default())
             // websocket route
diff --git a/guide/src/SUMMARY.md b/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
index 17ce202e9..a9befac89 100644
--- a/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/guide/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - [Handler](./qs_4.md)
 - [Errors](./qs_4_5.md)
 - [State](./qs_6.md)
-- [Resources and Routes](./qs_5.md)
+- [URL Dispatch](./qs_5.md)
 - [Request & Response](./qs_7.md)
 - [WebSockets](./qs_9.md)
 - [Middlewares](./qs_10.md)
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_10.md b/guide/src/qs_10.md
index 664106f99..951051c4d 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_10.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_10.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use actix_web::Application;
 use actix_web::middlewares::Logger;
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
        .middleware(Logger::default())
        .middleware(Logger::new("%a %{User-Agent}i"))
        .finish();
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Tto set default response headers `DefaultHeaders` middleware could be used.
 use actix_web::*;
 
 fn main() {
-    let app = Application::new("/")
+    let app = Application::new()
         .middleware(
             middlewares::DefaultHeaders::build()
                 .header("X-Version", "0.2")
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_12.md b/guide/src/qs_12.md
index 4d415baf5..5900e4172 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_12.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_12.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<fs::NamedFile> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource(r"/a/{tail:.*}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
         .finish();
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ And this name has to be used in `StaticFile` constructor.
 use actix_web::*;
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource("/static/{tail:.*}", |r| r.h(fs::StaticFiles::new("tail", ".", true)))
         .finish();
 }
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_2.md b/guide/src/qs_2.md
index cd32a87be..719f24cc0 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_2.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_2.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ request handler with the application's `resource` on a particular *HTTP method*
 #    "Hello world!"
 # }
 # fn main() {
-   let app = Application::new("/")
+   let app = Application::new()
        .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
        .finish();
 # }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn main() {
     let sys = actix::System::new("example");
 
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::new("/")
+        Application::new()
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(index)))
         .serve::<_, ()>("127.0.0.1:8088").unwrap();
 
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_3.md b/guide/src/qs_3.md
index 2b954045e..d826998c1 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_3.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_3.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ It provides routing, middlewares, pre-processing of requests, and post-processin
 websocket protcol handling, multipart streams, etc.
 
 All actix web server is built around `Application` instance.
-It is used for registering handlers for routes and resources, middlewares.
-Also it stores applicationspecific state that is shared accross all handlers 
+It is used for registering routes for resources, middlewares.
+Also it stores application specific state that is shared accross all handlers
 within same application.
 
 Application acts as namespace for all routes, i.e all routes for specific application
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ has same url path prefix:
 #    "Hello world!"
 # }
 # fn main() {
-   let app = Application::new("/prefix")
+   let app = Application::new()
+       .prefix("/prefix")
        .resource("/index.html", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
        .finish()
 # }
@@ -28,23 +29,27 @@ has same url path prefix:
 
 In this example application with `/prefix` prefix and `index.html` resource
 get created. This resource is available as on `/prefix/index.html` url.
+For more information check 
+[*URL Matching*](./qs_5.html#using-a-application-prefix-to-compose-applications) section.
 
 Multiple applications could be served with one server:
 
 ```rust
 # extern crate actix_web;
 # extern crate tokio_core;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
+# use tokio_core::net::TcpStream;
+# use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use actix_web::*;
-use tokio_core::net::TcpStream;
 
 fn main() {
     HttpServer::<TcpStream, SocketAddr, _>::new(vec![
-        Application::new("/app1")
+        Application::new()
+            .prefix("/app1")
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(|r| httpcodes::HTTPOk)),
-        Application::new("/app2")
+        Application::new()
+            .prefix("/app2")
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(|r| httpcodes::HTTPOk)),
-        Application::new("/")
+        Application::new()
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(|r| httpcodes::HTTPOk)),
     ]);
 }
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_4.md b/guide/src/qs_4.md
index acab60d71..354cac122 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_4.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_4.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn main() {
     let sys = actix::System::new("example");
 
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::new("/")
+        Application::new()
             .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index)))
         .serve::<_, ()>("127.0.0.1:8088").unwrap();
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> FutureResult<HttpResponse, Error> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource("/async", |r| r.route().a(index))
         .finish();
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource("/async", |r| r.f(index))
         .finish();
 }
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_4_5.md b/guide/src/qs_4_5.md
index ad8154366..6c2863e4c 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_4_5.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_4_5.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> io::Result<fs::NamedFile> {
 }
 #
 # fn main() {
-#     Application::new("/")
+#     Application::new()
 #         .resource(r"/a/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
 #         .finish();
 # }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
 }
 #
 # fn main() {
-#     Application::new("/")
+#     Application::new()
 #         .resource(r"/a/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
 #         .finish();
 # }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
 }
 #
 # fn main() {
-#     Application::new("/")
+#     Application::new()
 #         .resource(r"/a/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
 #         .finish();
 # }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
     Ok(result.map_err(error::ErrorBadRequest)?)
 }
 # fn main() {
-#     Application::new("/")
+#     Application::new()
 #         .resource(r"/a/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
 #         .finish();
 # }
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_5.md b/guide/src/qs_5.md
index b5a9b4d01..33b107099 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_5.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_5.md
@@ -1,115 +1,251 @@
-# Resources and Routes
+# URL Dispatch
 
-All resources and routes register for specific application.
-Application routes incoming requests based on route criteria which is defined during 
-resource registration or path prefix for simple handlers.
-Internally *router* is a list of *resources*. Resource is an entry in *route table*
-which corresponds to requested URL. 
+URL dispatch provides a simple way to map URLs to `Handler` code using a simple pattern matching
+language. *Regex* crate and it's
+[*RegexSet*](https://doc.rust-lang.org/regex/regex/struct.RegexSet.html) is beeing used for
+pattern matching. If one of the patterns matches the path information associated with a request,
+a particular handler object is invoked. A handler is a specific object that implements
+`Handler` trait, defined in your application, that receives the request and returns 
+a response object. More informatin is available in [handler section](../qs_4.html).
 
-Prefix handler:
+## Resource configuration
+
+Resource configuraiton is the act of adding a new resource to an application.
+A resource has a name, which acts as an identifier to be used for URL generation. 
+The name also allows developers to add routes to existing resources. 
+A resource also has a pattern, meant to match against the *PATH* portion of a *URL* 
+(the portion following the scheme and port, e.g., */foo/bar* in the 
+*URL* *http://localhost:8080/foo/bar*).
+
+The [Application::resource](../actix_web/struct.Application.html#method.resource) methods
+add a single resource to application routing table. This method accepts *path pattern*
+and resource configuration funnction. 
 
 ```rust
 # extern crate actix_web;
 # use actix_web::*;
+# use actix_web::httpcodes::*;
 # 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
-   unimplemented!()
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
-        .resource("/prefix", |r| r.f(index))
-        .finish();
-}
-```
-
-In this example `index` get called for any url which starts with `/prefix`. 
-
-Application prefix combines with handler prefix i.e
-
-```rust
-# extern crate actix_web;
-# use actix_web::*;
-# 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
-   unimplemented!()
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    Application::new("/app")
-        .resource("/prefix", |r| r.f(index))
-        .finish();
-}
-```
-
-In this example `index` get called for any url which starts with`/app/prefix`. 
-
-Resource contains set of route for same endpoint. Route corresponds to handling 
-*HTTP method* by calling *web handler*. Resource select route based on *http method*,
-if no route could be matched default response `HTTPMethodNotAllowed` get resturned.
-
-```rust
-# extern crate actix_web;
-# use actix_web::*;
-# 
-fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
-        .resource("/prefix", |r| {
-           r.method(Method::GET).h(httpcodes::HTTPOk);
-           r.method(Method::POST).h(httpcodes::HTTPForbidden);
-        })
-        .finish();
-}
-```
-
-[`ApplicationBuilder::resource()` method](../actix_web/dev/struct.ApplicationBuilder.html#method.resource)
-accepts configuration function, resource could be configured at once.
-Check [`Resource`](../actix-web/target/doc/actix_web/struct.Resource.html) documentation 
-for more information.
-
-## Variable resources
-
-Resource may have *variable path*also. For instance, a resource with the 
-path '/a/{name}/c' would match all incoming requests with paths such
-as '/a/b/c', '/a/1/c', and '/a/etc/c'.
-
-A *variable part* is specified in the form {identifier}, where the identifier can be
-used later in a request handler to access the matched value for that part. This is
-done by looking up the identifier in the `HttpRequest.match_info` object:
-
-```rust
-# extern crate actix_web;
-use actix_web::*;
-
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> String {
-    format!("Hello, {}", &req.match_info()["name"])
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
-        .resource("/{name}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
-        .finish();
-}
-```
-
-By default, each part matches the regular expression `[^{}/]+`.
-
-You can also specify a custom regex in the form `{identifier:regex}`:
-
-```rust
-# extern crate actix_web;
-# use actix_web::*;
-# fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> String {
-#     format!("Hello, {}", &req.match_info()["name"])
+# fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+#   unimplemented!()
 # }
 # 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
-        .resource(r"{name:\d+}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
+    Application::new()
+        .resource("/prefix", |r| r.f(index))
+        .resource("/user/{name}", 
+             |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(|req| HTTPOk))
         .finish();
 }
 ```
 
+*Configuraiton function* has following type:
+
+```rust,ignore
+   FnOnce(&mut Resource<_>) -> ()
+```
+
+*Configration function* can set name and register specific routes. 
+If resource does not contain any route or does not have any matching routes it
+returns *NOT FOUND* http resources.
+
+## Configuring a Route
+
+Resource contains set of routes. Each route in turn has set of predicates and handler.
+New route could be crearted with `Resource::route()` method which returns reference
+to new *Route* instance. By default *route* does not contain any predicates, so matches
+all requests and default handler is `HTTPNotFound`.
+
+Application routes incoming requests based on route criteria which is defined during 
+resource registration and route registration. Resource matches all routes it contains in
+the order that the routes were registered via `Resource::route()`. *Route* can contain
+any number of *predicates* but only one handler.
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+# use actix_web::*;
+# use actix_web::httpcodes::*;
+
+fn main() {
+    Application::new()
+        .resource("/path", |resource|
+            resource.route()
+              .p(pred::Get())
+              .p(pred::Header("content-type", "text/plain"))
+              .f(|req| HTTPOk)
+        )
+        .finish();
+}
+```
+
+In this example `index` get called for *GET* request, 
+if request contains `Content-Type` header and value of this header is *text/plain*
+and path equals to `/test`. Resource calls handle of the first matches route.
+If resource can not match any route "NOT FOUND" response get returned.
+
+## Route matching
+
+The main purpose of route configuration is to match (or not match) the request's `path`
+against a URL path pattern. `path` represents the path portion of the URL that was requested.
+
+The way that *actix* does this is very simple. When a request enters the system,
+for each resource configuration registration present in the system, actix checks 
+the request's path against the pattern declared. *Regex* crate and it's
+[*RegexSet*](https://doc.rust-lang.org/regex/regex/struct.RegexSet.html) is beeing used for
+pattern matching. If resource could not be found, *default resource* get used as matched
+resource.
+
+When a route configuration is declared, it may contain route predicate arguments. All route
+predicates associated with a route declaration must be `true` for the route configuration to 
+be used for a given request during a check. If any predicate in the set of route predicate
+arguments provided to a route configuration returns `false` during a check, that route is
+skipped and route matching continues through the ordered set of routes.
+
+If any route matches, the route matching process stops and the handler associated with
+route get invoked. 
+
+If no route matches after all route patterns are exhausted, *NOT FOUND* response get returned.
+
+## Resource pattern syntax
+
+The syntax of the pattern matching language used by the actix in the pattern
+argument is straightforward. 
+
+The pattern used in route configuration may start with a slash character. If the pattern
+does not start with a slash character, an implicit slash will be prepended 
+to it at matching time. For example, the following patterns are equivalent:
+
+```
+{foo}/bar/baz
+```
+
+and:
+
+```
+/{foo}/bar/baz
+```
+
+A *variable part*(replacement marker) is specified in the form *{identifier}*, 
+where this means "accept any characters up to the next slash character and use this 
+as the name in the `HttpRequest.match_info` object". 
+
+A replacement marker in a pattern matches the regular expression `[^{}/]+`.
+
+A match_info is the `Params` object representing the dynamic parts extracted from a 
+*URL* based on the routing pattern. It is available as *request.match_info*. For example, the
+following pattern defines one literal segment (foo) and two replacement markers (baz, and bar):
+
+```
+foo/{baz}/{bar}
+```
+
+The above pattern will match these URLs, generating the following match information:
+
+```
+foo/1/2        -> Params {'baz':'1', 'bar':'2'}
+foo/abc/def    -> Params {'baz':'abc', 'bar':'def'}
+```
+
+It will not match the following patterns however:
+
+```
+foo/1/2/        -> No match (trailing slash)
+bar/abc/def     -> First segment literal mismatch
+```
+
+The match for a segment replacement marker in a segment will be done only up to 
+the first non-alphanumeric character in the segment in the pattern. So, for instance, 
+if this route pattern was used:
+
+```
+foo/{name}.html
+```
+
+The literal path */foo/biz.html* will match the above route pattern, and the match result
+will be `Params{'name': 'biz'}`. However, the literal path */foo/biz* will not match, 
+because it does not contain a literal *.html* at the end of the segment represented 
+by *{name}.html* (it only contains biz, not biz.html).
+
+To capture both segments, two replacement markers can be used:
+
+```
+foo/{name}.{ext}
+```
+
+The literal path */foo/biz.html* will match the above route pattern, and the match 
+result will be *Params{'name': 'biz', 'ext': 'html'}*. This occurs because there is a 
+literal part of *.* (period) between the two replacement markers *{name}* and *{ext}*.
+
+Replacement markers can optionally specify a regular expression which will be used to decide
+whether a path segment should match the marker. To specify that a replacement marker should
+match only a specific set of characters as defined by a regular expression, you must use a
+slightly extended form of replacement marker syntax. Within braces, the replacement marker
+name must be followed by a colon, then directly thereafter, the regular expression. The default 
+regular expression associated with a replacement marker *[^/]+* matches one or more characters
+which are not a slash. For example, under the hood, the replacement marker *{foo}* can more
+verbosely be spelled as *{foo:[^/]+}*. You can change this to be an arbitrary regular expression
+to match an arbitrary sequence of characters, such as *{foo:\d+}* to match only digits.
+
+Segments must contain at least one character in order to match a segment replacement marker. 
+For example, for the URL */abc/*:
+
+* */abc/{foo}* will not match.
+* */{foo}/* will match.
+
+Note that path will be URL-unquoted and decoded into valid unicode string before
+matching pattern and values representing matched path segments will be URL-unquoted too.
+So for instance, the following pattern:
+
+```
+foo/{bar}
+```
+
+When matching the following URL:
+
+```
+http://example.com/foo/La%20Pe%C3%B1a
+```
+
+The matchdict will look like so (the value is URL-decoded):
+
+```
+Params{'bar': 'La Pe\xf1a'}
+```
+
+Literal strings in the path segment should represent the decoded value of the 
+path provided to actix. You don't want to use a URL-encoded value in the pattern.
+For example, rather than this:
+
+```
+/Foo%20Bar/{baz}
+```
+
+You'll want to use something like this:
+
+```
+/Foo Bar/{baz}
+```
+
+It is possible to get "tail match". For this purpose custom regex has to be used.
+
+```
+foo/{bar}/{tail:.*}
+```
+
+The above pattern will match these URLs, generating the following match information:
+
+```
+foo/1/2/           -> Params{'bar':'1', 'tail': '2/'}
+foo/abc/def/a/b/c  -> Params{'bar':u'abc', 'tail': 'def/a/b/c'}
+```
+
+## Match information
+
+All values representing matched path segments are available in 
+[`HttpRequest::match_info`](../actix_web/struct.HttpRequest.html#method.match_info).
+Specific value can be received with 
+[`Params::get()`](../actix_web/dev/struct.Params.html#method.get) method.
+
 Any matched parameter can be deserialized into specific type if this type 
 implements `FromParam` trait. For example most of standard integer types
 implements `FromParam` trait. i.e.:
@@ -125,7 +261,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<String> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource(r"/a/{v1}/{v2}/", |r| r.f(index))
         .finish();
 }
@@ -133,25 +269,6 @@ fn main() {
 
 For this example for path '/a/1/2/', values v1 and v2 will resolve to "1" and "2".
 
-It is possible to match path tail with custom `.*` regex.
-
-```rust
-# extern crate actix_web;
-# use actix_web::*;
-# 
-# fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
-#    unimplemented!()
-# }
-fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
-        .resource(r"/test/{tail:.*}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
-        .finish();
-}
-```
-
-Above example would match all incoming requests with path such as
-'/test/b/c', '/test/index.html', and '/test/etc/test'.
-
 It is possible to create a `PathBuf` from a tail path parameter. The returned `PathBuf` is
 percent-decoded. If a segment is equal to "..", the previous segment (if
 any) is skipped.
@@ -179,13 +296,63 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<String> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource(r"/a/{tail:.*}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
         .finish();
 }
 ```
 
-### Path normalization
+List of `FromParam` implementation could be found in 
+[api docs](../actix_web/dev/trait.FromParam.html#foreign-impls)
+
+## Generating resource URLs
+
+Use the [HttpRequest.url_for()](../actix_web/struct.HttpRequest.html#method.url_for) 
+method to generate URLs based on resource patterns. For example, if you've configured a 
+resource with the name "foo" and the pattern "{a}/{b}/{c}", you might do this.
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+# use actix_web::*;
+# use actix_web::httpcodes::*;
+# 
+fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+     let url = req.url_for("foo", &["1", "2", "3"]);
+     HTTPOk.into()
+}
+# fn main() {}
+```
+
+This would return something like the string *http://example.com/1/2/3* (at least if
+the current protocol and hostname implied http://example.com).
+`url_for()` method return [*Url object*](https://docs.rs/url/1.6.0/url/struct.Url.html) so you 
+can modify this url (add query parameters, anchor, etc).
+`url_for()` could be called only for *named* resources otherwise error get returned.
+
+## External resources
+
+Resources that are valid URLs, could be registered as external resources. They are useful
+for URL generation purposes only and are never considered for matching at request time.
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+use actix_web::*;
+
+fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+    let url = req.url_for("youtube", &["oHg5SJYRHA0"])?;
+    assert_eq!(url.as_str(), "https://youtube.com/watch/oHg5SJYRHA0");
+    Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.into())
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let app = Application::new()
+        .resource("/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
+        .external_resource("youtube", "https://youtube.com/watch/{video_id}")
+        .finish();
+}
+```
+
+## Path normalization and redirecting to slash-appended routes
 
 By normalizing it means:
 
@@ -214,7 +381,7 @@ This handler designed to be use as a handler for application's *default resource
 #    httpcodes::HTTPOk
 # }
 fn main() {
-    let app = Application::new("/")
+    let app = Application::new()
         .resource("/resource/", |r| r.f(index))
         .default_resource(|r| r.h(NormalizePath::default()))
         .finish();
@@ -239,9 +406,123 @@ It is possible to register path normalization only for *GET* requests only
 #    httpcodes::HTTPOk
 # }
 fn main() {
-    let app = Application::new("/")
+    let app = Application::new()
         .resource("/resource/", |r| r.f(index))
         .default_resource(|r| r.method(Method::GET).h(NormalizePath::default()))
         .finish();
 }
 ```
+
+## Using a Application Prefix to Compose Applications
+
+The `Applicaiton::prefix()`" method allows to set specific application prefix.
+If route_prefix is supplied to the include method, it must be a string.
+This prefix represents a resource prefix that will be prepended to all resource patterns added 
+by the resource configuration. This can be used to help mount a set of routes at a different
+location than the included callable's author intended while still maintaining the same
+resource names. 
+
+For example:
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+# use actix_web::*;
+# 
+fn show_users(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+   unimplemented!()
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    Application::new()
+        .prefix("/users")
+        .resource("/show", |r| r.f(show_users))
+        .finish();
+}
+```
+
+In the above example, the *show_users* route will have an effective route pattern of 
+*/users/show* instead of */show* because the application's prefix argument will be prepended 
+to the pattern. The route will then only match if the URL path is /users/show, 
+and when the `HttpRequest.url_for()` function is called with the route name show_users, 
+it will generate a URL with that same path.
+
+## Custom route predicates
+
+You can think of predicate as simple function that accept *request* object reference
+and returns *true* or *false*. Formally predicate is any object that implements 
+[`Predicate`](../actix_web/pred/trait.Predicate.html) trait. Actix provides
+several predicates, you can check [functions section](../actix_web/pred/index.html#functions) 
+of api docs.
+
+Here is simple predicates that check that request contains specific *header* and predicate
+usage:
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+# extern crate http;
+# use actix_web::*;
+# use actix_web::httpcodes::*;
+use http::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
+use actix_web::pred::Predicate;
+
+struct ContentTypeHeader;
+
+impl<S: 'static> Predicate<S> for ContentTypeHeader {
+
+    fn check(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest<S>) -> bool {
+       req.headers().contains_key(CONTENT_TYPE)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    Application::new()
+        .resource("/index.html", |r|
+           r.route()
+              .p(Box::new(ContentTypeHeader))
+              .f(|req| HTTPOk))
+        .finish();
+}
+```
+
+In this example *index* handler will be called only if request contains *CONTENT-TYPE* header.
+
+Predicates can have access to application's state via `HttpRequest::state()` method.
+Also predicates can store extra information in
+[requests`s extensions](../actix_web/struct.HttpRequest.html#method.extensions).
+
+### Modifing predicate values
+
+You can invert the meaning of any predicate value by wrapping it in a `Not` predicate.
+For example if you want to return "METHOD NOT ALLOWED" response for all methods
+except "GET":
+
+```rust
+# extern crate actix_web;
+# extern crate http;
+# use actix_web::*;
+# use actix_web::httpcodes::*;
+use actix_web::pred;
+
+fn main() {
+    Application::new()
+        .resource("/index.html", |r|
+           r.route()
+              .p(pred::Not(pred::Get()))
+              .f(|req| HTTPMethodNotAllowed))
+        .finish();
+}
+```
+
+`Any` predicate accept list of predicates and matches if any of the supplied
+predicates match. i.e:
+
+```rust,ignore
+    pred::Any(vec![pred::Get(), pred::Post()])
+```
+
+`All` predicate accept list of predicates and matches if all of the supplied
+predicates match. i.e:
+
+```rust,ignore
+    pred::All(vec![pred::Get(), pred::Header("content-type", "plain/text")])
+```
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_6.md b/guide/src/qs_6.md
index 73a342ca3..f7c889464 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_6.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_6.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<AppState>) -> String {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::with_state("/", AppState{counter: Cell::new(0)})
+    Application::with_state(AppState{counter: Cell::new(0)})
         .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
         .finish();
 }
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_7.md b/guide/src/qs_7.md
index e65905f86..3e3fd8f7c 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_7.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_7.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# HttpRequest & HttpResponse
+# Request & Response
 
 ## Response
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<Json<MyObj>> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    Application::new("/")
+    Application::new()
         .resource(r"/a/{name}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
         .finish();
 }
diff --git a/src/application.rs b/src/application.rs
index 4d18cb6fa..b094292b3 100644
--- a/src/application.rs
+++ b/src/application.rs
@@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ impl Application<()> {
 
     /// Create application with empty state. Application can
     /// be configured with builder-like pattern.
-    ///
-    /// This method accepts path prefix for which it should serve requests.
-    pub fn new<T: Into<String>>(prefix: T) -> Application<()> {
+    pub fn new() -> Application<()> {
         Application {
             parts: Some(ApplicationParts {
                 state: (),
-                prefix: prefix.into(),
+                prefix: "/".to_owned(),
                 default: Resource::default_not_found(),
                 resources: HashMap::new(),
                 external: HashMap::new(),
@@ -85,6 +83,12 @@ impl Application<()> {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for Application<()> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Application::new()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
 
     /// Create application with specific state. Application can be
@@ -92,11 +96,11 @@ impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
     ///
     /// State is shared with all reousrces within same application and could be
     /// accessed with `HttpRequest::state()` method.
-    pub fn with_state<T: Into<String>>(prefix: T, state: S) -> Application<S> {
+    pub fn with_state(state: S) -> Application<S> {
         Application {
             parts: Some(ApplicationParts {
                 state: state,
-                prefix: prefix.into(),
+                prefix: "/".to_owned(),
                 default: Resource::default_not_found(),
                 resources: HashMap::new(),
                 external: HashMap::new(),
@@ -105,6 +109,42 @@ impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Set application prefix.
+    ///
+    /// Only requests that matches application's prefix get processed by this application.
+    /// Application prefix always contains laading "/" slash. If supplied prefix
+    /// does not contain leading slash, it get inserted.
+    ///
+    /// Inthe following example only requests with "/app/" path prefix
+    /// get handled. Request with path "/app/test/" will be handled,
+    /// but request with path "/other/..." will return *NOT FOUND*
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # extern crate actix_web;
+    /// use actix_web::*;
+    ///
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///     let app = Application::new()
+    ///         .prefix("/app")
+    ///         .resource("/test", |r| {
+    ///              r.method(Method::GET).f(|_| httpcodes::HTTPOk);
+    ///              r.method(Method::HEAD).f(|_| httpcodes::HTTPMethodNotAllowed);
+    ///         })
+    ///         .finish();
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn prefix<P: Into<String>>(&mut self, prefix: P) -> &mut Self {
+        {
+            let parts = self.parts.as_mut().expect("Use after finish");
+            let mut prefix = prefix.into();
+            if !prefix.starts_with('/') {
+                prefix.insert(0, '/')
+            }
+            parts.prefix = prefix;
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Configure resource for specific path.
     ///
     /// Resource may have variable path also. For instance, a resource with
@@ -128,7 +168,7 @@ impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
     /// use actix_web::*;
     ///
     /// fn main() {
-    ///     let app = Application::new("/")
+    ///     let app = Application::new()
     ///         .resource("/test", |r| {
     ///              r.method(Method::GET).f(|_| httpcodes::HTTPOk);
     ///              r.method(Method::HEAD).f(|_| httpcodes::HTTPMethodNotAllowed);
@@ -184,7 +224,7 @@ impl<S> Application<S> where S: 'static {
     /// }
     ///
     /// fn main() {
-    ///     let app = Application::new("/")
+    ///     let app = Application::new()
     ///         .resource("/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
     ///         .external_resource("youtube", "https://youtube.com/watch/{video_id}")
     ///         .finish();
@@ -275,7 +315,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_default_resource() {
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .resource("/test", |r| r.h(httpcodes::HTTPOk))
             .finish();
 
@@ -291,7 +331,7 @@ mod tests {
         let resp = app.run(req);
         assert_eq!(resp.as_response().unwrap().status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
 
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .default_resource(|r| r.h(httpcodes::HTTPMethodNotAllowed))
             .finish();
         let req = HttpRequest::new(
@@ -303,7 +343,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_unhandled_prefix() {
-        let app = Application::new("/test")
+        let app = Application::new()
+            .prefix("/test")
             .resource("/test", |r| r.h(httpcodes::HTTPOk))
             .finish();
         assert!(app.handle(HttpRequest::default()).is_err());
@@ -311,7 +352,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_state() {
-        let app = Application::with_state("/", 10)
+        let app = Application::with_state(10)
             .resource("/", |r| r.h(httpcodes::HTTPOk))
             .finish();
         let req = HttpRequest::default().with_state(Rc::clone(&app.state), app.router.clone());
diff --git a/src/fs.rs b/src/fs.rs
index 963cf2fc8..736d9910e 100644
--- a/src/fs.rs
+++ b/src/fs.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl FromRequest for FilesystemElement {
 /// use actix_web::{fs, Application};
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     let app = Application::new("/")
+///     let app = Application::new()
 ///         .resource("/static/{tail:.*}", |r| r.h(fs::StaticFiles::new("tail", ".", true)))
 ///         .finish();
 /// }
diff --git a/src/handler.rs b/src/handler.rs
index 24cb15a7c..241eabf3c 100644
--- a/src/handler.rs
+++ b/src/handler.rs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ impl<T: Serialize> FromRequest for Json<T> {
 /// #     httpcodes::HTTPOk
 /// # }
 /// fn main() {
-///     let app = Application::new("/")
+///     let app = Application::new()
 ///         .resource("/test/", |r| r.f(index))
 ///         .default_resource(|r| r.h(NormalizePath::default()))
 ///         .finish();
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normalize_path_trailing_slashes() {
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .resource("/resource1", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .resource("/resource2/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .default_resource(|r| r.h(NormalizePath::default()))
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normalize_path_trailing_slashes_disabled() {
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .resource("/resource1", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .resource("/resource2/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .default_resource(|r| r.h(
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normalize_path_merge_slashes() {
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .resource("/resource1", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .resource("/resource1/a/b", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .default_resource(|r| r.h(NormalizePath::default()))
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normalize_path_merge_and_append_slashes() {
-        let app = Application::new("/")
+        let app = Application::new()
             .resource("/resource1", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .resource("/resource2/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
             .resource("/resource1/a/b", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))
diff --git a/src/info.rs b/src/info.rs
index 190ce0c5c..76cf678ea 100644
--- a/src/info.rs
+++ b/src/info.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct ConnectionInfo<'a> {
 impl<'a> ConnectionInfo<'a> {
 
     /// Create *ConnectionInfo* instance for a request.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(cyclomatic_complexity))]
     pub fn new<S>(req: &'a HttpRequest<S>) -> ConnectionInfo<'a> {
         let mut host = None;
         let mut scheme = None;
diff --git a/src/middlewares/defaultheaders.rs b/src/middlewares/defaultheaders.rs
index e1a797a23..a0b772e90 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/defaultheaders.rs
+++ b/src/middlewares/defaultheaders.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use middlewares::{Response, Middleware};
 /// use actix_web::*;
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     let app = Application::new("/")
+///     let app = Application::new()
 ///         .middleware(
 ///             middlewares::DefaultHeaders::build()
 ///                 .header("X-Version", "0.2")
diff --git a/src/middlewares/logger.rs b/src/middlewares/logger.rs
index 67e5c3ffa..57b12cf81 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/logger.rs
+++ b/src/middlewares/logger.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use middlewares::{Middleware, Started, Finished};
 /// use actix_web::middlewares::Logger;
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     let app = Application::new("/")
+///     let app = Application::new()
 ///         .middleware(Logger::default())
 ///         .middleware(Logger::new("%a %{User-Agent}i"))
 ///         .finish();
diff --git a/src/pred.rs b/src/pred.rs
index b3fc6f882..c907d2793 100644
--- a/src/pred.rs
+++ b/src/pred.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ mod tests {
         let pred = Header("transfer-encoding", "other");
         assert!(!pred.check(&mut req));
 
-        let pred = Header("content-tye", "other");
+        let pred = Header("content-type", "other");
         assert!(!pred.check(&mut req));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index f4677ad08..0053b84ed 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use http::Method;
 
+use pred;
 use route::Route;
-use handler::{Reply, Handler, FromRequest, RouteHandler, WrapHandler};
+use handler::{Reply, Handler, FromRequest, RouteHandler};
 use httpcodes::HTTPNotFound;
 use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 /// use actix_web::*;
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     let app = Application::new("/")
+///     let app = Application::new()
 ///         .resource(
 ///             "/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(|r| HttpResponse::Ok()))
 ///         .finish();
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ pub struct Resource<S=()> {
     name: String,
     state: PhantomData<S>,
     routes: Vec<Route<S>>,
-    default: Box<RouteHandler<S>>,
 }
 
 impl<S> Default for Resource<S> {
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ impl<S> Default for Resource<S> {
         Resource {
             name: String::new(),
             state: PhantomData,
-            routes: Vec::new(),
-            default: Box::new(HTTPNotFound)}
+            routes: Vec::new() }
     }
 }
 
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ impl<S> Resource<S> {
         Resource {
             name: String::new(),
             state: PhantomData,
-            routes: Vec::new(),
-            default: Box::new(HTTPNotFound)}
+            routes: Vec::new() }
     }
 
     /// Set resource name
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ impl<S: 'static> Resource<S> {
     /// use actix_web::*;
     ///
     /// fn main() {
-    ///     let app = Application::new("/")
+    ///     let app = Application::new()
     ///         .resource(
     ///             "/", |r| r.route()
     ///                  .p(pred::Any(vec![pred::Get(), pred::Put()]))
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ impl<S: 'static> Resource<S> {
     /// ```
     pub fn method(&mut self, method: Method) -> &mut Route<S> {
         self.routes.push(Route::default());
-        self.routes.last_mut().unwrap().method(method)
+        self.routes.last_mut().unwrap().p(pred::Method(method))
     }
 
     /// Register a new route and add handler object.
@@ -126,12 +124,6 @@ impl<S: 'static> Resource<S> {
         self.routes.push(Route::default());
         self.routes.last_mut().unwrap().f(handler)
     }
-
-    /// Default handler is used if no matched route found.
-    /// By default `HTTPNotFound` is used.
-    pub fn default_handler<H>(&mut self, handler: H) where H: Handler<S> {
-        self.default = Box::new(WrapHandler::new(handler));
-    }
 }
 
 impl<S: 'static> RouteHandler<S> for Resource<S> {
@@ -142,6 +134,6 @@ impl<S: 'static> RouteHandler<S> for Resource<S> {
                 return route.handle(req)
             }
         }
-        self.default.handle(req)
+        Reply::response(HTTPNotFound)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/route.rs b/src/route.rs
index 64f037d8d..daea3cb32 100644
--- a/src/route.rs
+++ b/src/route.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use http::Method;
 use futures::Future;
 
 use error::Error;
-use pred::{self, Predicate};
+use pred::Predicate;
 use handler::{Reply, Handler, FromRequest, RouteHandler, AsyncHandler, WrapHandler};
 use httpcodes::HTTPNotFound;
 use httprequest::HttpRequest;
@@ -43,20 +42,6 @@ impl<S: 'static> Route<S> {
         self.handler.handle(req)
     }
 
-    /// Add method check to route. This method could be called multiple times.
-    pub fn method(&mut self, method: Method) -> &mut Self {
-        self.preds.push(pred::Method(method));
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Add predicates to route.
-    pub fn predicates<P>(&mut self, preds: P) -> &mut Self
-        where P: IntoIterator<Item=Box<Predicate<S>>>
-    {
-        self.preds.extend(preds.into_iter());
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Add match predicate to route.
     pub fn p(&mut self, p: Box<Predicate<S>>) -> &mut Self {
         self.preds.push(p);
diff --git a/src/ws.rs b/src/ws.rs
index 551dee622..2578cdc0d 100644
--- a/src/ws.rs
+++ b/src/ws.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! fn main() {
-//!     Application::new("/")
+//!     Application::new()
 //!       .resource("/ws/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(ws_index))  // <- register websocket route
 //!       .finish();
 //! }
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 1cc955867..35a3d76cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn test_serve() {
     thread::spawn(|| {
         let sys = System::new("test");
         let srv = HttpServer::new(
-            vec![Application::new("/")
+            vec![Application::new()
                  .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).h(httpcodes::HTTPOk))]);
         srv.serve::<_, ()>("127.0.0.1:58902").unwrap();
         sys.run();
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn test_serve_incoming() {
         let sys = System::new("test");
 
         let srv = HttpServer::new(
-            Application::new("/")
+            Application::new()
                 .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).h(httpcodes::HTTPOk)));
         let tcp = TcpListener::from_listener(tcp, &addr2, Arbiter::handle()).unwrap();
         srv.serve_incoming::<_, ()>(tcp.incoming(), false).unwrap();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn test_middlewares() {
         let sys = System::new("test");
 
         HttpServer::new(
-            vec![Application::new("/")
+            vec![Application::new()
                  .middleware(MiddlewareTest{start: act_num1,
                                             response: act_num2,
                                             finish: act_num3})