From time to time we like to share technical tips when we’ve uncovered a solution to a problem that might help other Rails developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spiffy Stores is written using the Ruby on Rails framework, and we encountered a glitch with the Rails3 layouts. Basically we couldn’t get the layout to display, even though all the syntax was correct. Others have experienced this sort of problem. See http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/6605716\/cant-render-layout-in-rails-3<\/a> for an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After lots of digging around and tracing, the answer became clear. The AbstractController::Layouts module has an initialize method, but this method was not being called when a new controller was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you experience this problem, then check any modules that you have included in your controller, as one of them has an initialize method that doesn’t call ‘super’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If an included module needs an initialize method, then it needs to follow this pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the call to ‘super’ isn’t included, then the initialization chain stops, and your controller won’t be properly initialized. You can find out all the included modules for a controller by executing this code from the console:<\/p>\n\n\n\n From time to time we like to share technical tips when we’ve uncovered a solution to a problem that might help other Rails developers. Spiffy Stores is written using the Ruby on Rails framework, and we encountered a glitch with … Continue reading def initialize(*)\n # Module initialization code here\n super\nend<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nMyController.ancestors<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"