Rails - using namespace controllers to organize files - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to learn about namespacing.
I've asked a few questions on this topic previously, but I'm not understanding what is going on.
I have made a folder in my controller's folder called 'features'. In it, I have saved a file called app_roles_controller.rb.
The first line of that controller is:
class Features::AppRolesController < ApplicationController
The purpose of the features folder is so I can organise my files better (that's it).
In my routes.rb, I have tried:
resources :app_roles, :namespace => "features", :controller => "app_roles"
I have also tried:
namespace :features do
resources :app_roles
end
I have a model (top level) called app_role.rb and I have a views folder saved as views/features/app_roles which then has the index, show etc files in it. The table in my schema is called 'app_roles".
When I rake routes for app_roles, I get:
Paths Containing (app_role):
app_roles_path GET /app_roles(.:format)
app_roles#index {:namespace=>"features"}
POST /app_roles(.:format)
app_roles#create {:namespace=>"features"}
new_app_role_path GET /app_roles/new(.:format)
app_roles#new {:namespace=>"features"}
edit_app_role_path GET /app_roles/:id/edit(.:format)
app_roles#edit {:namespace=>"features"}
app_role_path GET /app_roles/:id(.:format)
app_roles#show {:namespace=>"features"}
PATCH /app_roles/:id(.:format)
app_roles#update {:namespace=>"features"}
PUT /app_roles/:id(.:format)
app_roles#update {:namespace=>"features"}
DELETE /app_roles/:id(.:format)
app_roles#destroy {:namespace=>"features"}
I can't understand what it is that I'm doing wrong.
When I try:
http://localhost:3000/app_roles#index
I get an error that says:
uninitialized constant AppRolesController
When I try:
http://localhost:3000/features/app_roles#index
I get an error that says:
No route matches [GET] "/features/app_roles"
I'm looking for a plain English explanation of how to set this up. I've tried the programming ruby book (several times over).
Please, can you help me understand what needs to happen to introduce organisational files in my rails app?

Answer 1

It looks like your other attempt was actually correct. As outlined in the Rails documentation, if you want to generate routes for the resource app_roles under the namespace features you can add the following to your routes.rb file:
namespace :features do
resources :app_roles
end
Now, you run rake routes you will see the following:
Prefix Verb URI Pattern Controller#Action
features_app_roles GET /features/app_roles(.:format) features/app_roles#index
POST /features/app_roles(.:format) features/app_roles#create
new_features_app_role GET /features/app_roles/new(.:format) features/app_roles#new
edit_features_app_role GET /features/app_roles/:id/edit(.:format) features/app_roles#edit
features_app_role GET /features/app_roles/:id(.:format) features/app_roles#show
PATCH /features/app_roles/:id(.:format) features/app_roles#update
PUT /features/app_roles/:id(.:format) features/app_roles#update
DELETE /features/app_roles/:id(.:format) features/app_roles#destroy
The first line for example means that if you make a GET request to /features/app_roles it will be routed to the index action in the features/app_roles controller.
In other words, if you visit http://localhost:3000/features/app_roles it will route the request to index action that is located in app/controllers/features/app_roles_controller.rb which it expects to have the class Features::AppRolesController.
So your app/controllers/features/app_roles_controller.rb file should look something like this:
class Features::AppRolesController < ApplicationController
def index
end
end