Rails fields_for not rendering on page - ruby-on-rails

I am trying to implement a form that has associated videos when I create a new tutorial. The issue is that my form is not rendering whenever I visit the page. Could anyone help, please?
This is myapp/views/admin/tutorials/new.html.erb
<h2>New Tutorial</h2>
<%= form_for [:admin, #tutorial] do |f| %>
<%= f.label :title %>
<%= f.text_field :title, class: "block col-4 field" %>
<%= f.label :description %>
<%= f.text_area :description, class: "block col-4 field" %>
<%= f.label :thumbnail %>
<%= f.text_field :thumbnail, class: "block col-4 field" %>
<h3>Videos</h3>
<%= f.fields_for :videos do |builder| %>
<%= builder.label :youtube_url %>
<%= builder.text_field :youtube_url, class: "block col-4 field" %>
<%= builder.label :video_id %>
<%= builder.text_field :video_id, class: "block col-4 field" %>
<% end %>
<%= f.submit "Save", class: "mt2 btn btn-primary mb1 bg-teal" %>
<% end %>
This is my Video model
class Video < ApplicationRecord
has_many :user_videos
has_many :users, through: :user_videos
belongs_to :tutorial
validates_presence_of :position
end
And my Tutorial model
class Tutorial < ApplicationRecord
has_many :videos, -> { order(position: :ASC) }, dependent: :destroy
acts_as_taggable_on :tags, :tag_list
accepts_nested_attributes_for :videos
scope :without_classroom, -> { where(classroom: false) }
end
My controller:
class Admin::TutorialsController < Admin::BaseController
def new
#tutorial = Tutorial.new
end
def create
#tutorial = Tutorial.new(tutorial_params)
if #tutorial.save
flash[:success] = "Successfully created tutorial!"
redirect_to tutorial_path(#tutorial)
else
render :new
end
end
def edit
#tutorial = Tutorial.find(params[:id])
end
def update
tutorial = Tutorial.find(params[:id])
if tutorial.update(tutorial_params)
flash[:success] = "#{tutorial.title} tagged!"
end
redirect_to edit_admin_tutorial_path(tutorial)
end
private
def tutorial_params
params.require(:tutorial).permit(:tag_list, :title, :description, :thumbnail)
end
end

The reason nothing's rendered is that the videos association is empty. For example if you add #tutorial.videos.build in the new controller action, then you will get one set of the fields, and if you have multiple videos in the association (whether persisted or not) you would get one set of the fields per video.

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http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#method-i-fields_for
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flash[:success] = "Article created!"
redirect_to root_url
else
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end
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and yes, the new method in the Articles controller, is like I was indicated by peers here:
def new
#article = current_user.articles.build
#article.pictures.build
end
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has_many :pictures
accepts_nested_attributes_for :pictures, allow_destroy: true
And the pictures Model
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belongs_to :article
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First, you can remove the hidden time_duration field from the form, since it is not needed.
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In your command line, open a rails console by running the command rails c (or rails console)
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Nested form fields for associated STI model

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undefined method `title' for #<DesignPicture image_id: nil, design_id: 1427, ranking: nil>
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Your DesignPicture does not have a title attribute. When you do:
#design.design_pictures.build
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<%= form_for(#design_picture) do |f| %>
# ...
<%= f.label :title, "Title" %>
# ...
You might want to take a look at Nested Form
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<%= form_for(#design_picture) do |f| %>
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class: "" %>
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The nested form in the view just won't render, unless I remove the f attribute, in which case the submit button will not work. I have two models, job and employer. I've been following the railscast here
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This happens because your job has no employers.
Change your code to this:
def new
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attr_accessible :title, :location, :employer_attributes,
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This line:
belongs_to :employers
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belongs_to :employer
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