tuti plain wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> First I want to begin by saying I am a total newbie when it comes to
> Rails. I am reading Obie Fernandez's The Rails Way, but I have a
> question about something he says. He says that if I have a controller
> like this:
>
> class DemoController < ApplicationController
> def index
> end
> end
>
> Even though it is empty, Rails will still render the index template
> (in the book he uses Rails 1.2, and the template is named index.rhtml).
> He says that is part of what "convention over configuration" means.
>
> All that sounds great, but when I tried it out using JRuby 1.4.0,
> Rails 2.3.5, glassfish gem 1.0.2, using an empty controller action
> similar to the one above, I got this as a result:
>
> Routing Error
>
> No route matches "/receta/index" with {:method=>:get}
What's the output from rake routes? The example should still work in
Rails 2.x, provided your routes are correct.
>
> I kept wondering what I did wrong, so I decided to try a scaffold made
> controller, and see what the differences are. It turns out, that by
> putting my controller like this makes it work:
>
> class RecetaController < ApplicationController
> def index
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # index.html.erb
> end
> end
> end
>
> I noticed that, contrary to the book, my template is named
> index.html.erb. Did that change as the versions progressed?
It certainly did. The .rhtml suffix will still work in Rails 2.x, but
is deprecated.
> I also
> can't believe that something that is in accord to the CoC philosophy
> would not work in a more recent version of the framework. Why doesn't
> an empty controller action render its template in my version?
It still should. I think you're just having a routing issue.
> For that
> matter, is the book I'm reading still good, or is it too old and some of
> what is says doens't apply any more?
>
Rails 2.x is very different from Rails 1.x. Try to find an up-to-date
book. http://guides.rails.info is also a great place to start.
> I love Rails, and want to become proficient in it, so any info you
> guys can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Best,
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