Some fixes for auto views

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ What's awesome about Ni?
 ---------------------------
 
 * It's packaged as a regular Node module, so you just `require` it and you're ready to go
-* You can use other Node modules and Connect middle-ware as you usually would; Ni does not get in the way
+* You can use other Node modules and Connect middle-ware as you usually would; Ni doesn't get in the way
 * It's easy to use and loads your models, views, controllers, libraries and helpers automatically so you can just start using them everywhere
 
 How do I use Ni?
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ How do I use Ni?
 It's as simple as telling Ni where to look for your files, and then asking it to boot:
 
     var Ni = require('../lib/ni');
-    Ni.setRoot(__dirname);
+
+    Ni.config('root', "myapp/src");
+
     Ni.boot(function() {
         // Ready to start the server!
     });
 
-The rest of your code now has access to all your models, views, and controllers in `Ni.models`, `Ni.views` and `Ni.controllers`.
+The rest of your code now has access to all your models, views, and controllers with `Ni.model('MODELNAME')`, `Ni.view('VIEWNAME')` and `Ni.controller('CONTROLLERNAME')`.
 
 Note that your controllers, models, libraries and helpers should be packaged as Node modules, and your views can be plain text, template (Markdown, Mustache, etc), or HTML files.
 
@@ -41,9 +43,9 @@ Use it with Connect:
 
 It parses the URL and sends the request to the correct controller function as follows:
 
-    http://yourapp.com/[controller]/[function]/[argument 1]/[argument 2]/[etc]
+    http://myapp.com/[controller]/[function]/[argument 1]/[argument 2]/[etc]
 
-If no controller is specified (`http://yourapp.com/`), it loads the `home` controller's `index` function.
+If no controller is specified (`http://myapp.com/`), it loads the `home` controller's `index` function.
 
 If no function is specified (http://yourapp.com/[controller]), it loads the `[controller]`'s `index` function.
 
@@ -64,12 +66,14 @@ If you have your project organized like this:
 
 You can access your stuff with:
 
-* `Ni.controllers.calculator`
-* `Ni.views.calculator`
-* `Ni.models.calculator`
+* `Ni.controller('calculator')`
+* `Ni.view('calculator')`
+* `Ni.model('calculator')`
 
 A really well-commented example is in the source code in the `/example` folder, check it out!
 
+(Note that you'll need the following to run the example in the `/example` folder: [Connect](https://github.com/senchalabs/Connect), [Quip](https://github.com/caolan/quip) and [Mu](https://github.com/raycmorgan/Mu). You get get them easily using [npm](https://github.com/isaacs/npm).)
+
 How would my controllers, models, libraries, helpers look?
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -86,8 +90,10 @@ Each of those is just a Node module. For example, the calculator controller ment
          *  be called, so it would look like /calculator.
          */
 
-        this.index = function(req, res) {
+        this.index = function(req, res, next) {
+
             res.ok('Welcome to the calculator!');
+
         }
 
         /*
@@ -98,12 +104,13 @@ Each of those is just a Node module. For example, the calculator controller ment
          *  function with a = 4 and b = 5.
          */
 
-        this.add = function(req, res, a, b) {
+        this.add = function(req, res, next, a, b) {
+
             if (a && b) {
                 a = parseInt(a);
                 b = parseInt(b);
 
-                var template = Ni.views.calculator.template;
+                var template = Ni.view('calculator').template;
                 var data = {result: a + b};
 
                 var compiled = Mu.compileText(template, null);
@@ -114,7 +121,9 @@ Each of those is just a Node module. For example, the calculator controller ment
             else {
                 res.error("a and b must both be provided.");
             }
+
         }
+
     };
 
     module.exports = new CalculatorController();

example/app.js

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ var Connect = require('connect'),
  *  Load Ni and start the server.
  */
 
-Ni.setRoot(__dirname);          // Tells Ni where to look for the folders
-Ni.config.location = 'world';   // Sets a custom configuration variable to use
+Ni.config('root', __dirname);   // Tells Ni where to look for the folders
+Ni.config('location', "world"); // Sets a custom configuration variable to use
                                 // later, anywhere
 
 Ni.boot(function() {                // Boots Ni and loads everything
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ Ni.boot(function() {                // Boots Ni and loads everything
                                             // function for the URL given is
                                             // found
             res.notFound('Page not found.');
+
         }
     );
 
     app.listen(3000);
 
     console.log('Application server started on port 3000');
+
 });

example/controllers/calculator.js

@@ -38,21 +38,24 @@ var CalculatorController = function() {
      *  be called, so it would look like /calculator.
      */
 
-    this.index = function(req, res) {
+    this.index = function(req, res, next) {
+
         res.ok('Welcome to the calculator!');
+
     }
 
     /*
      *  This function is called when the URL indicates "add" as the function
      *  to be called, so it would look like /calculator/add.
      */
 
-    this.add = function(req, res, a, b) {
+    this.add = function(req, res, next, a, b) {
+
         if (a && b) {
             a = parseInt(a);
             b = parseInt(b);
 
-            var template = Ni.views.calculator.template;
+            var template = Ni.view('calculator').template;
             var data = {result: a + b};
 
             var compiled = Mu.compileText(template, null);
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ var CalculatorController = function() {
         else {
             res.error("a and b must both be provided.");
         }
+
     }
 };
 

example/controllers/home.js

@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ var Ni = require('../../lib/ni');
  */
 
 var HomeController = function() {
-    this.index = function(req, res) {
-        res.ok('Hello ' + Ni.config.location + '!');
+
+    this.index = function(req, res, next) {
+        res.ok('Hello ' + Ni.config('location') + '!');
     }
+
 };
 
 /*