Micropost - Routing Error No route matches [GET] - Deleting a Micropost

Question

I\'m reading through Hartl\'s book, Ruby on Rails by Example. In chapter 11, it has you implement delete requests to allow users to delete microposts on their profile. However w

Answer 1

It's a Rails 3.1 issue. Look at your page header -- instead of jquery, it's trying to load "defaults.js," which doesn't exist.

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/rails-3-1#code:layout_rails_3_1_diff

Answer 2

You should add :method => :delete to trigger delete action. If you have this code in your view and its not working, than my guess is that you either don't have the necessary javascript files in your project (jquery.js and rails.js/jquery_ujs.js) or you are not including them in your layout. If this is not help you show us your routes and view.