The respond_to block is optional, and if the block is missing rails will execute a render :task so for the edit task it will look for the / controller/edit.html.erb file
Here is information from the api... http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/MimeResponds/InstanceMethods/respond_to On Dec 29, 9:13 am, Sarah Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new to Rails and I'm trying to understand the code created by > generate scaffold. I'm using Rails 2.2.2. > > $ ./script/generate scaffold Task description:string > > generated the following code in app/controller/tasks_controller.rb > > class TasksController < ApplicationController > # GET /tasks > # GET /tasks.xml > def index > @tasks = Task.find(:all) > > respond_to do |format| > format.html # index.html.erb > format.xml { render :xml => @tasks } > end > end > > # GET /tasks/1 > # GET /tasks/1.xml > def show > @task = Task.find(params[:id]) > > respond_to do |format| > format.html # show.html.erb > format.xml { render :xml => @task } > end > end > > # GET /tasks/new > # GET /tasks/new.xml > def new > @task = Task.new > > respond_to do |format| > format.html # new.html.erb > format.xml { render :xml => @task } > end > end > > # GET /tasks/1/edit > def edit > @task = Task.find(params[:id]) > end > > I noticed that the edit method is missing some code. If I remove those > same lines from each of the methods above. The code still works, why? > > I couldn't find ApplicationController in the API docs > athttp://api.rubyonrails.org/... I figured the behavior must be defined > in the super class, but I can't seem to find the code for it either. > > Can someone point me in the right direction to illuminate this mystery? > > Thanks in advance, > Sarah > > http://www.ultrasaurus.com/code(where I'm keeping a journal of my > learning Rails so far)http://www.ultrasaurus.com(primary blog) > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
