Hi everyone,
First I want to begin by saying I am a total newbie when it comes to
Rails. I am reading Obie F.'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}
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? 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? 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?
I love Rails, and want to become proficient in it, so any info you
guys can provide will be greatly appreciated.
