Adding Answers to Questions in Ruby on Rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am fairly new to Rails and I'm creating a question and answers site similar to stackoverflow.
I have created the questions, but I'm not sure about how to now create the answers.
I saw a similar post that had some info on so I tried
rails g resource Answer question_id:integer content:text user_id:integer
I have added in
answer.rb
belongs_to :question
belongs_to :user
question.rb
belongs_to: user
has_many:answers
user.rb
has_many :answers
has_many :questions
In my questions/Show, I have this:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="span12">
<h2><%= #question.title %></h2>
</div>
<div class="span6">
Asked by <%= link_to #question.user.full_name %>
</div>
<div class="span5 offset1">
<%= time_ago_in_words(#question.created_at) + " ago" %>
<% if current_user.present? && current_user.id == #question.user_id %>
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_question_path(#question) %>
<% else %>
<% end %>
</div>
<hr>
<p>Description: <%= #question.description %></p>
<hr>
</div>
<%= render 'answer' %>
</div>
In my questions/_answer.html.erb
<div class="container">
<%= simple_form_for(#question.answer.new, html: {class: "form-horizontal"}) do |f| %>
<% if #question.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#question.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this question from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #question.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= f.input :content, :input_html => { :class => "span6", :rows => 4 }, label: 'Answer', placeholder: 'Type your answer here'%> %>
<%= f.button :submit, :class => 'btn btn-inverse' %>
<%= link_to (submit_tag 'Cancel', :type => :reset, :class => "btn btn-danger"), root_path %>
<% end %>
</div>
This is my questions_controller.rb
class QuestionsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :authenticate_user!, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
before_action :set_question, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /questions
# GET /questions.json
def index
#questions = Question.all
end
# GET /questions/1
# GET /questions/1.json
def show
end
# GET /questions/new
def new
#question = Question.new
end
# GET /questions/1/edit
def edit
#question = Question.find(params[:id])
if #question.user == current_user
render :edit
else
flash[:alert] = "You don't have permission to edit this question"
redirect_to root_path
end
end
# POST /questions
# POST /questions.json
def create
#question = current_user.questions.new(question_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #question.save
format.html { redirect_to #question, notice: 'Question was successfully created.' }
format.json { render action: 'show', question: :created, location: #question }
else
format.html { render action: 'new' }
format.json { render json: #question.errors, question: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PATCH/PUT /questions/1
# PATCH/PUT /questions/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #question.update(question_params)
format.html { redirect_to #question, notice: 'Question was successfully updated.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
else
format.html { render action: 'edit' }
format.json { render json: #question.errors, question: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /questions/1
# DELETE /questions/1.json
def destroy
#question.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to questions_url }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_question
#question = Question.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def question_params
params.require(:question).permit(:title, :description)
end
end
But i'm not really sure what to write in my answers controller.
I would really appreciate any tips!
Thanks

Answer 1

Maybe try using nested resources to create answers on questions. Similar to comments on articles in blogs.
http://railscasts.com/episodes/139-nested-resources