Question

I have a very similar issue to this question: My route returns a blank view (no html when I do view source)

When I access a route, it just shows a blank view with no html when viewing source.

My route returns a blank view (no html when I do view source)

config/routes.rb

SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
  devise_for :users

  root to: 'home#index'
end

app/controllers/home_controller.rb

class HomeController < ApplicationController
  def index
  end
end

app/views/home/index.html.slim (slim is like erb, I tested both out but still no html rendered)

h1 get ready to party!

log/development.log

Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-12-05 00:36:21 -0500
Processing by HomeController#index as */*
  Rendered home/index.html.slim within layouts/application (0.4ms)
Completed 200 OK in 6ms (Views: 5.9ms | ActiveRecord: 0.0ms)

The other question suggested changing ports. I did all the basic stuff like restart server, restart computer, try different ports.

Answer 1

It sounds like your layout could be blank and is not rendering the index view.

The default layout is application.html.erb and should render your views with <%= yield %>.

Also – have you tried restarting your server for kicks? That’s the answer to the other SO question you posted so I’m assuming you’ve tried that…