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diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md index bcb0ee7d5d..f961b799f1 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.md +++ b/guides/source/engines.md @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ When you include the engine into an application later on, you will do so with this line in the Rails application's `Gemfile`: ```ruby -gem 'blorgh', path: "vendor/engines/blorgh" +gem 'blorgh', path: 'engines/blorgh' ``` Don't forget to run `bundle install` as usual. By specifying it as a gem within @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ the comments, however, is not quite right yet. If you were to create a comment right now, you would see this error: ``` -Missing partial blorgh/comments/comment with {:handlers=>[:erb, :builder], +Missing partial blorgh/comments/_comment with {:handlers=>[:erb, :builder], :formats=>[:html], :locale=>[:en, :en]}. Searched in: * "/Users/ryan/Sites/side_projects/blorgh/test/dummy/app/views" * "/Users/ryan/Sites/side_projects/blorgh/app/views" @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Missing partial blorgh/comments/comment with {:handlers=>[:erb, :builder], The engine is unable to find the partial required for rendering the comments. Rails looks first in the application's (`test/dummy`) `app/views` directory and then in the engine's `app/views` directory. When it can't find it, it will throw -this error. The engine knows to look for `blorgh/comments/comment` because the +this error. The engine knows to look for `blorgh/comments/_comment` because the model object it is receiving is from the `Blorgh::Comment` class. This partial will be responsible for rendering just the comment text, for now. @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ However, because you are developing the `blorgh` engine on your local machine, you will need to specify the `:path` option in your `Gemfile`: ```ruby -gem 'blorgh', path: "/path/to/blorgh" +gem 'blorgh', path: 'engines/blorgh' ``` Then run `bundle` to install the gem. @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ pre-defined path which may be customizable. The engine contains migrations for the `blorgh_articles` and `blorgh_comments` table which need to be created in the application's database so that the engine's models can query them correctly. To copy these migrations into the -application use this command: +application run the following command from the `test/dummy` directory of your Rails engine: ```bash $ rake blorgh:install:migrations @@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ haven't been copied over already. The first run for this command will output something such as this: ```bash -Copied migration [timestamp_1]_create_blorgh_articles.rb from blorgh -Copied migration [timestamp_2]_create_blorgh_comments.rb from blorgh +Copied migration [timestamp_1]_create_blorgh_articles.blorgh.rb from blorgh +Copied migration [timestamp_2]_create_blorgh_comments.blorgh.rb from blorgh ``` The first timestamp (`[timestamp_1]`) will be the current time, and the second @@ -822,9 +822,9 @@ Notice that only _one_ migration was copied over here. This is because the first two migrations were copied over the first time this command was run. ``` -NOTE Migration [timestamp]_create_blorgh_articles.rb from blorgh has been skipped. Migration with the same name already exists. -NOTE Migration [timestamp]_create_blorgh_comments.rb from blorgh has been skipped. Migration with the same name already exists. -Copied migration [timestamp]_add_author_id_to_blorgh_articles.rb from blorgh +NOTE Migration [timestamp]_create_blorgh_articles.blorgh.rb from blorgh has been skipped. Migration with the same name already exists. +NOTE Migration [timestamp]_create_blorgh_comments.blorgh.rb from blorgh has been skipped. Migration with the same name already exists. +Copied migration [timestamp]_add_author_id_to_blorgh_articles.blorgh.rb from blorgh ``` Run the migration using: @@ -843,28 +843,10 @@ above the "Title" output inside `app/views/blorgh/articles/show.html.erb`: ```html+erb <p> <b>Author:</b> - <%= @article.author %> + <%= @article.author.name %> </p> ``` -By outputting `@article.author` using the `<%=` tag, the `to_s` method will be -called on the object. By default, this will look quite ugly: - -``` -#<User:0x00000100ccb3b0> -``` - -This is undesirable. It would be much better to have the user's name there. To -do this, add a `to_s` method to the `User` class within the application: - -```ruby -def to_s - name -end -``` - -Now instead of the ugly Ruby object output, the author's name will be displayed. - #### Using a Controller Provided by the Application Because Rails controllers generally share code for things like authentication |