I can find the API documentation, but where is the documentation for the
standard generators. The wiki has 3rd party generators- but I want to
know specifically what generate controller does, and how it differs from
generate scaffold, and what other generators there are.
Where is this succinctly documented?
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 06:50:38PM +0100, rover rhubarb wrote:
I can find the API documentation, but where is the documentation for the
standard generators. The wiki has 3rd party generators- but I want to
know specifically what generate controller does, and how it differs from
generate scaffold, and what other generators there are.
Where is this succinctly documented?
Run it with no arguments:
ruby script/generate controller
marcel
Hi Rover,
You can get info of what buildin generatros are doing from the
generator script itself with the -h option:
[C:\rails\Projects\sa3]ruby script\generate -h controller
Usage: script/generate controller ControllerName [options]
General Options:
-p, --pretend Run but do not make any changes.
-f, --force Overwrite files that already exist.
-s, --skip Skip files that already exist.
-q, --quiet Suppress normal output.
-t, --backtrace Debugging: show backtrace on
errors.
-h, --help Show this help message.
-c, --svn Modify files with subversion.
(Note: svn mu
st be in path)
Description:
The controller generator creates stubs for a new controller and its
views.
The generator takes a controller name and a list of views as
arguments.
The controller name may be given in CamelCase or under_score and
should
not be suffixed with ‘Controller’. To create a controller within a
module, specify the controller name as ‘module/controller’.
The generator creates a controller class in app/controllers with
view
templates in app/views/controller_name, a helper class in
app/helpers,
and a functional test suite in test/functional.
Example:
./script/generate controller CreditCard open debit credit close
Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_card/debit.
Controller: app/controllers/credit_card_controller.rb
Views: app/views/credit_card/debit.rhtml [...]
Helper: app/helpers/credit_card_helper.rb
Test: test/functional/credit_card_controller_test.rb
Modules Example:
./script/generate controller ‘admin/credit_card’ suspend late_fee
Credit card admin controller with URLs /admin/credit_card/suspend.
Controller: app/controllers/admin/credit_card_controller.rb
Views: app/views/admin/credit_card/debit.rhtml [...]
Helper: app/helpers/admin/credit_card_helper.rb
Test: test/functional/admin/credit_card_controller_test.rb
Regards,
Marcin