From fb96d2de843086af87b175c890d75561da66d393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JeffreyWay <jeffrey@jeffrey-way.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 12:35:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add better notification if config isn't published

---
 src/JavaScriptException.php       | 14 ++++++++++++++
 src/JavascriptServiceProvider.php |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/JavaScriptException.php

diff --git a/src/JavaScriptException.php b/src/JavaScriptException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..388e968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/JavaScriptException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Laracasts\Utilities\JavaScript;
+
+class JavaScriptException extends \Exception {
+
+    /**
+     * The exception message.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $message =
+        'JavaScript configuration must be published. Use: "php artisan vendor:publish".';
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/JavascriptServiceProvider.php b/src/JavascriptServiceProvider.php
index 196d7e8..1431cc3 100644
--- a/src/JavascriptServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/JavascriptServiceProvider.php
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ public function register()
             $view = config('javascript.bind_js_vars_to_this_view');
             $namespace = config('javascript.js_namespace');
 
+            if (is_null($view)) {
+                throw new JavaScriptException;
+            }
+
             $binder = new LaravelViewBinder($app['events'], $view);
 
             return new PHPToJavaScriptTransformer($binder, $namespace);