iron:router syntax Layout - layout

Question

I am using iron router to render a template within meteor framwork, as i was following probably an outdated tutorial, it seems to me there is a change in syntaxes which i could not figure out.
layout.html
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="span2">
<p>cell</p>
</div>
<div class="span7">
<p>cell</p>
</div>
<div class="span3">
<p>cell</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
index.js
function.setDefault ('category', null );
Router.configure({
layoutTemplate:'layout',
yieldTemplates:{
'products':{to:'products'},
'cart':{to:'cart'},
'categories':{to:'categories'}
}
});
Router.route(function(){
this.route('/', layout);
this.route('/products',{
data:function(){
Session.set('category',this.params.name);
},
template:'layout',
path:'/:name'
})
});
The following error occurs
unexpected token (1:8)

Answer 1

Where you have Router.route and use this.route in a function, Router.route should read Router.map however this is deprecated in favour of Router.route (without the map wrapper) as below:
Session.setDefault ('category', null );
Router.configure({
layoutTemplate:'layout',
yieldTemplates:{
'products':{to:'products'},
'cart':{to:'cart'},
'categories':{to:'categories'}
}
});
//You will need to declare a template at the least here so it knows what to render to main area
Router.route('/', {template: "template_name");
Router.route('/products/:name',{
onBeforeAction:function(){
Session.set('category',this.params.name);
this.next ();
},
//you don't need this to be layout
//as you are defining a default layout above
//but you will need to specify a template for the main yield area
template:'template_name'
// you don't need to specify path here as it will use '/products'
//if you want to specify a route name use line below
//,name: 'routename'
});
Where url would be /products/product_name
Where template_name is the template you want to render in your main {{> yield}}
In your layout template you need to place the following for your yields wherever you want to display them
{{> yield 'products'}}
{{> yield 'categories'}}
{{> yield 'cart'}}
{{> yield }} //this is the template you specify in template: 'template_name'
(Done from my phone so can't test but can update later if it doesn't work for you)