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1,888 PointsGetting Syntax Error - Failure/Error: click_link "New Todo Item"
I've reviewed the code, rewatched the video, looked through the forums and googled the issue and I can't figure out what's going on. Here's the error:
Adding todo items is successful with valid content (FAILED - 1)
Failures:
1) Adding todo items is successful with valid content Failure/Error: click_link "New Todo Item" SyntaxError: /Users/tmckay/sites/treehouse/app/views/todo_items/new.html.erb:6: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end '.freeze;@output_buffer.append=( end );@output_buffer.to_s ^ /Users/tmckay/sites/treehouse/app/views/todo_items/new.html.erb:7: syntax error, unexpected keyword_ensure, expecting ')' /Users/tmckay/sites/treehouse/app/views/todo_items/new.html.erb:9: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting ')' # ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:15:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Can someone help?
5 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHmm ...
My code is further down the course than this so it is split out into a _partial
at this point. However, my form_for
looks like:
<%= form_for [@todo_list, @todo_item] do |form| %>
I'm not sure if the plurals in your code might cause the problems. Give that a go to see, else let's have a look at your test code. Mine looks like:
it "is successful with valid content" do
visit_todo_list(todo_list)
click_link "New Todo Item"
fill_in "Content", with: "Milk"
click_button "Save"
expect(page).to have_content("Added todo list item")
within("td.todo_items") do
expect(page).to have_content("Milk")
end
Have you been using Github to remotely store your code?
Steve.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi,
Can you post your code in new.html.erb
please? There seems to be a problem in there.
Thanks,
Steve.
Tim McKay
1,888 PointsSure thing
<%= form_for [@todo_lists, @todo_items] do |form| %>
<%= form.label :content %>
<%= form.text_field :content %>
<%= form.submit "Save" %>
<% end %>
Tim McKay
1,888 PointsWhile I'm 90% certain that I tried it with and without the plural form, it seems to be working now with the singular form. So confusing but I guess I didn't.
Thanks Steve
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsCool - glad you got it fixed. :-)
Vinny Harris-Riviello
11,898 PointsJust look at how you have them in your todo_items_controller.rb on your def new: there you defined your instace variables that is the way you want to call them on your html. Hope that clarifies why they should be in singular.