"error: expected <type>, got nil" when creating a new route from CLI

[ghost]

Everytime I run the create route command I get something like:

➜  anoni joy create route about
error: expected string|symbol|keyword|array|tuple|table|struct|buffer, got nil
  in map [boot.janet] on line 839, column 14
  in data [/usr/lib/janet/joy/cli/route.janet] on line 21, column 16
  in render [/usr/lib/janet/joy/cli/route.janet] on line 35, column 28
  in create [/usr/lib/janet/joy/cli/route.janet] (tailcall) on line 55, column 22

Running the latest Janet version.

[swlkr]

I should probably mention in the readme that routes map to database tables...

I could probably make a version of the route generator that doesn't rely on a database table too

[swlkr]

Currently you need to write out handlers without database tables by hand:

(route :get "/about" :about)
(defn about [req]
  [:h1 "/about"])

[swlkr]

Oh I think I get the confusion now, this is my fault for confusing the two terms.

I should do two things here:

1. the joy create route x generator to just generate new files with single route functions in them like above
2. rename the current route generator to joy create controller x

and then get rid of any docs that talk about joy having "no controllers" 😅

[ghost]

Yeah, I guess that's better! Keep it up, this is getting pretty good and usable

[swlkr]

So now this:

joy create route about

Will create (or update) a file named routes/pages.janet and put this in there:

(route :get "/about" :pages/about)
(defn pages/about [req]
  [:h1 "/about"])

oh and it also updates the main.janet file with an import statement:

(use joy)
(use ./routes/pages)