Rails - Jan 2006 - User Engine/General Engine issues

I''m trying to get the login/user engine combo up and working and am
having difficulties. I got the login engine up and running fine, no
problems. Now, on to the user engine.

After fixing the needed stuff in the bootstrap task so it loads I''m
able to login as the default admin ok. BUT none of the
views/controllers that are in login/user_controller are being
overridden by the user/user_controller, infact, the user_engine
controller doesn''t seem to be getting called at all!

If I try to do a /user/list it tries to show the right view, but
complains the the @content_columns are null, because the action method
never got called. I put a simple puts("%%%%%%%%") in the
user/user_controller, but nothing ever got spit out. If I put a list
method in the login/user_controller and print something out, it shows.

Some magic isn''t working right it seems. Any ideas on this? Thanks for
the help!
-Nick

p.s. And yes, I''m starting the user engine after the login engine, as
stated by the readme, and everything else was done according to that.

Some more info:

As I said before, none of the user_engine stuff is really getting
used, but if I put my own views/controller in they are called just
fine. Replacing them seems to work, but its not working with the
defaults...hmmm..

I just installed the engines today, so I dont know if anything has
changed in SVN recently but at the moment this combo doesn''t appear to
be working as intended.

-Nick

Nick Stuart wrote:
> Some more info:
> 
> As I said before, none of the user_engine stuff is really getting
> used, but if I put my own views/controller in they are called just
> fine. Replacing them seems to work, but its not working with the
> defaults...hmmm..
> 
> I just installed the engines today, so I dont know if anything has
> changed in SVN recently but at the moment this combo doesn''t
appear to
> be working as intended.
> 
> -Nick
Not sure if this addresses the issue, but I posted a wiki entry at: 
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUseUserEngine describing my 
experiences. Feel free to edit at will.

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Thats a good write Ross, and great for understanding the idea behind
the engines, but it doesn''t help much with getting them up and running
correctly. =\

I managed to get the list view working by copying the
user_controller.rb from user_engine to my app/controllers dir, but now
the edit action doesn''t work. Gets stuck in an infinite loop.

Something in the class loading isn''t working right with the engines it
appears and as such is causing me problems.

-Nick

On 1/11/06, Steve Ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nick Stuart wrote:
> > Some more info:
> >
> > As I said before, none of the user_engine stuff is really getting
> > used, but if I put my own views/controller in they are called just
> > fine. Replacing them seems to work, but its not working with the
> > defaults...hmmm..
> >
> > I just installed the engines today, so I dont know if anything has
> > changed in SVN recently but at the moment this combo doesn''t
appear to
> > be working as intended.
> >
> > -Nick
>
> Not sure if this addresses the issue, but I posted a wiki entry at:
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUseUserEngine describing my
> experiences. Feel free to edit at will.
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> _______________________________________________
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>

Nick Stuart wrote:
> Thats a good write Ross, and great for understanding the idea behind
> the engines, but it doesn''t help much with getting them up and
running
> correctly. =\
> 
> I managed to get the list view working by copying the
> user_controller.rb from user_engine to my app/controllers dir, but now
> the edit action doesn''t work. Gets stuck in an infinite loop.
> 
> Something in the class loading isn''t working right with the
engines it
> appears and as such is causing me problems.
> 
> -Nick
I would suggest you create a toy app from scratch and pop the engines 
into it. Create a toy model/controller/view (I know it''s supposed to be
model/view/controller :), edit your environment.rb file, then use:

before_filter :login_required, :only => [:foo]

or whatever you want to protect.

Now, you should be able to go to:

localhost:3000/myapp/user

If that works, then try overriding the list view.

If that works, try overriding one of the controller methods (perhaps 
''home'')

Compare your results with what''s in your app.

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Heh, thats actually what I did. This app doesn''t have anything BUT
these two engines. :(

And overriding the views and controller methods work, just not the
originals in user_engine.


On 1/11/06, Steve Ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nick Stuart wrote:
> > Thats a good write Ross, and great for understanding the idea behind
> > the engines, but it doesn''t help much with getting them up
and running
> > correctly. =\
> >
> > I managed to get the list view working by copying the
> > user_controller.rb from user_engine to my app/controllers dir, but now
> > the edit action doesn''t work. Gets stuck in an infinite loop.
> >
> > Something in the class loading isn''t working right with the
engines it
> > appears and as such is causing me problems.
> >
> > -Nick
>
> I would suggest you create a toy app from scratch and pop the engines
> into it. Create a toy model/controller/view (I know it''s supposed
to be
> model/view/controller :), edit your environment.rb file, then use:
>
> before_filter :login_required, :only => [:foo]
>
> or whatever you want to protect.
>
> Now, you should be able to go to:
>
> localhost:3000/myapp/user
>
> If that works, then try overriding the list view.
>
> If that works, try overriding one of the controller methods (perhaps
> ''home'')
>
> Compare your results with what''s in your app.
>
> --
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>

People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into it now...

- james

On 1/11/06, Nick Stuart <nicholas.stuart@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Heh, thats actually what I did. This app doesn''t have anything BUT
> these two engines. :(
>
> And overriding the views and controller methods work, just not the
> originals in user_engine.
>
>
> On 1/11/06, Steve Ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Nick Stuart wrote:
> > > Thats a good write Ross, and great for understanding the idea
behind
> > > the engines, but it doesn''t help much with getting them
up and running
> > > correctly. =\
> > >
> > > I managed to get the list view working by copying the
> > > user_controller.rb from user_engine to my app/controllers dir,
but now
> > > the edit action doesn''t work. Gets stuck in an infinite
loop.
> > >
> > > Something in the class loading isn''t working right with
the engines it
> > > appears and as such is causing me problems.
> > >
> > > -Nick
> >
> > I would suggest you create a toy app from scratch and pop the engines
> > into it. Create a toy model/controller/view (I know it''s
supposed to be
> > model/view/controller :), edit your environment.rb file, then use:
> >
> > before_filter :login_required, :only => [:foo]
> >
> > or whatever you want to protect.
> >
> > Now, you should be able to go to:
> >
> > localhost:3000/myapp/user
> >
> > If that works, then try overriding the list view.
> >
> > If that works, try overriding one of the controller methods (perhaps
> > ''home'')
> >
> > Compare your results with what''s in your app.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
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Cool James thanks! I think engines could be a great addition to a
project I want to start, and knowing they work the way you''ve
described them to would be great! :)

Like I said, almost everything is working, just not one engine
over-riding another. Great work none the less!

I think the ability to pile engines on top of each other in order to
add or subtract functionality is a great idea and a lot closer to the
''ideal'' plugin system in my mind.

-Nick

On 1/11/06, James Adam <james.adam@gmail.com>
wrote:
> People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into it now...
>
> - james
>
> On 1/11/06, Nick Stuart <nicholas.stuart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Heh, thats actually what I did. This app doesn''t have
anything BUT
> > these two engines. :(
> >
> > And overriding the views and controller methods work, just not the
> > originals in user_engine.
> >
> >
> > On 1/11/06, Steve Ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Nick Stuart wrote:
> > > > Thats a good write Ross, and great for understanding the
idea behind
> > > > the engines, but it doesn''t help much with getting
them up and running
> > > > correctly. =\
> > > >
> > > > I managed to get the list view working by copying the
> > > > user_controller.rb from user_engine to my app/controllers
dir, but now
> > > > the edit action doesn''t work. Gets stuck in an
infinite loop.
> > > >
> > > > Something in the class loading isn''t working right
with the engines it
> > > > appears and as such is causing me problems.
> > > >
> > > > -Nick
> > >
> > > I would suggest you create a toy app from scratch and pop the
engines
> > > into it. Create a toy model/controller/view (I know it''s
supposed to be
> > > model/view/controller :), edit your environment.rb file, then
use:
> > >
> > > before_filter :login_required, :only => [:foo]
> > >
> > > or whatever you want to protect.
> > >
> > > Now, you should be able to go to:
> > >
> > > localhost:3000/myapp/user
> > >
> > > If that works, then try overriding the list view.
> > >
> > > If that works, try overriding one of the controller methods
(perhaps
> > > ''home'')
> > >
> > > Compare your results with what''s in your app.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rails mailing list
> > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >
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> >
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James Adam wrote:
> People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into it now...
> 
> - james
James,

For what it is worth, I''m using both the login and user engines with no
problems.  However, I have not yet updated my ''engines'' plugin
to the
new version you just released.  If there is a problem, it probably 
resides there.

_Kevin

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You''re spot on Kevin - it''s my module handling patch. In the
meantime,
anyone who needs a fix NOW and isn''t developing an engine with
controllers in modules can use the original non-module version:

http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/tags/rel_1.0.1

- james

On 1/11/06, Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu>
wrote:
> James Adam wrote:
> > People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into it
now...
> >
> > - james
>
> James,
>
> For what it is worth, I''m using both the login and user engines
with no
> problems.  However, I have not yet updated my ''engines''
plugin to the
> new version you just released.  If there is a problem, it probably
> resides there.
>
> _Kevin
>
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Glad to hear you''ve found the trouble maker. At the moment I
don''t
''need'' this drastically at the moment, so I can wait. :)

On 1/11/06, James Adam <james.adam@gmail.com>
wrote:
> You''re spot on Kevin - it''s my module handling patch. In
the meantime,
> anyone who needs a fix NOW and isn''t developing an engine with
> controllers in modules can use the original non-module version:
>
> http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/tags/rel_1.0.1
>
> - james
>
> On 1/11/06, Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:
> > James Adam wrote:
> > > People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into
it now...
> > >
> > > - james
> >
> > James,
> >
> > For what it is worth, I''m using both the login and user
engines with no
> > problems.  However, I have not yet updated my
''engines'' plugin to the
> > new version you just released.  If there is a problem, it probably
> > resides there.
> >
> > _Kevin
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
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Thanks James I was having the same problem and pulling my hair out  
all day. Older rev works fine!

On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:25 PM, James Adam wrote:
> You''re spot on Kevin - it''s my module handling patch. In
the meantime,
> anyone who needs a fix NOW and isn''t developing an engine with
> controllers in modules can use the original non-module version:
>
> http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/tags/rel_1.0.1
>
> - james
>
> On 1/11/06, Kevin Olbrich <kevin.olbrich@duke.edu> wrote:
>> James Adam wrote:
>>> People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking into it
now...
>>>
>>> - james
>>
>> James,
>>
>> For what it is worth, I''m using both the login and user
engines
>> with no
>> problems.  However, I have not yet updated my
''engines'' plugin to the
>> new version you just released.  If there is a problem, it probably
>> resides there.
>>
>> _Kevin
>>
>> --
>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Rails mailing list
>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>>
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- Bill

Bill Pennington wrote:
> Thanks James I was having the same problem and pulling my hair out
> all day. Older rev works fine!
> 
> On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:25 PM, James Adam wrote:
> 
>>>> People seem to be having issues here - I''m looking
into it now...
>>>
>> Rails mailing list
>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>>
> 
> 
> 
> - Bill
ME TOO!!!! Thanks for looking at this - I was thinking I must be losing 
it!

Keith

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This bug *should* be fixed in the latest release of the engines plugin
(rel_1.0.4), available at:

  http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/tags/rel_1.0.4
  http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/plugins/engines

I''m keen to avoid creating off-topic noise on the main Rails list with
issues like this particular one (although general discussion of
engines in the larger context of Rails would still seem appropriate
here), so I''d strongly urge people to subscribe to the
engine-users/engine-developers lists at rails-engines.org, or use the
forum gateway at www.ruby-forum.com.

Apologies!

- james

On 1/12/06, Keith Lancaster <klancaster1957@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Bill Pennington wrote:
> > Thanks James I was having the same problem and pulling my hair out
> > all day. Older rev works fine!
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:25 PM, James Adam wrote:
> >
> >>>> People seem to be having issues here - I''m
looking into it now...
> >>>
> >> Rails mailing list
> >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > - Bill
>
> ME TOO!!!! Thanks for looking at this - I was thinking I must be losing
> it!
>
> Keith
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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>

I did a fresh check out of the engines plugin and its still acting the
same way. The list method in the user_engine controller isn''t getting
display, but the view is being called resulting in a nil value for the
content columns. :(

-Nick

p.s. going to join the engines list and move the discussion over there
to avoid creating more traffic....

On 1/12/06, James Adam <james.adam@gmail.com>
wrote:
> This bug *should* be fixed in the latest release of the engines plugin
> (rel_1.0.4), available at:
>
>   http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/engines/tags/rel_1.0.4
>   http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/plugins/engines
>
> I''m keen to avoid creating off-topic noise on the main Rails list
with
> issues like this particular one (although general discussion of
> engines in the larger context of Rails would still seem appropriate
> here), so I''d strongly urge people to subscribe to the
> engine-users/engine-developers lists at rails-engines.org, or use the
> forum gateway at www.ruby-forum.com.
>
> Apologies!
>
> - james
>
> On 1/12/06, Keith Lancaster <klancaster1957@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bill Pennington wrote:
> > > Thanks James I was having the same problem and pulling my hair
out
> > > all day. Older rev works fine!
> > >
> > > On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:25 PM, James Adam wrote:
> > >
> > >>>> People seem to be having issues here - I''m
looking into it now...
> > >>>
> > >> Rails mailing list
> > >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > - Bill
> >
> > ME TOO!!!! Thanks for looking at this - I was thinking I must be
losing
> > it!
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
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> >
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