How to use date picker with form_for in rails?

Question

I'm new to rails, any tips? and it would be better if you could offer me what to read.

I am adding a date picker plugin to an existing rails4 application. I found this plugin on Github. I followed the instructions and configured everything in my application. A visit to http: // localhost: 3000 / bookings / new looks good, but after I fill in the information and submit it, an error occurs:

ArgumentError in BookingsController#create First argument in form cannot contain nil or be empty 

booking_controller.rb:

 def new @booking = Booking.new end def create @booking = current_user.bookings.build(booking_params) # Not the final implementation! if @booking.save flash[:success] = "You have submited the information successfully!" redirect_to root_url else render 'static_pages/home' end end 

new.html.rb

  <%= form_for (@booking) do |f| %> <%= render 'shared/errorbooking_messages' %> <%= f.label :date_of_tour %> <input data-provide="datepicker"> <%= f.label :hotel_name %> <%= f.text_field :hotel_name, class: 'form-control' %> <%= f.label :hotel_address %> <%= f.text_field :hotel_address, class: 'form-control' %> 

Answer 1

Replace this input field

 <input data-provide="datepicker"> 

by

 <%= f.text_field :date_of_tour, "data-provide" => 'datepicker' %> 

Hope this will be helpful.

Just to be based on this answer. From rails 4 you can also use the following format.

 <%= f.text_field :date_of_tour, data:{ provide:'datepicker' } %>