Hi Tuti, You can still use a empty controller method.
You just have to name it ie. index.html.erb or index.erb :) Cheers, David On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM, tuti plain <[email protected]> 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} > > 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. > -- > Posted via http://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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- 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.
