# Can i write programs in rails without scaffolding **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855 "2009-12-30T13:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basil)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855/1 "2009-12-30T13:10:09Z")
hai friends i am fresher in rails and i want to know can i write application i ruby without scaffoldining plz post some links or any applications without using scffolding… – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basil)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855/2 "2009-12-30T13:28:30Z")
basil wrote: > hai friends > i am fresher in rails and i want to know can i write > application i ruby without scaffoldining In Ruby or in Rails? (In either case, the answer is yes.) > plz post some links or any applications without using > scffolding… > **[rails.info](http://guides.rails.info)** > > Ruby on Rails,Rails Tutorial,Ruby Basics,Rails 4,Bar Rails,Rail > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basil)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855/3 "2009-12-30T15:15:25Z")
2009/12/30 basil [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > ``` > hai friends > i am fresher in rails and i want to know can i write > > ``` > > application i ruby without scaffoldining > plz post some links or any applications without using > scffolding… Yes, of course. Scaffolding is just a tool to get something up and running quickly. To build an app without using scaffolding I would suggest building one using it first, have a look at the code to get a good idea of how it works, then, if you really want to, start again and develop your app without using the scaffold. Colin – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basil)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855/4 "2009-12-30T17:06:01Z")
I.E. you can retrieve the structure of a table or view in your DB using ruby script/generate model --skip-migration and then create the related controller ruby script/generate controller On Dec 30, 3:13 pm, Colin L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > suggest building one using it first, have a look at the code to get a > good idea of how it works, then, if you really want to, start again > and develop your app without using the scaffold. > > Colin – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@basil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basil)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-write-programs-in-rails-without-scaffolding/180855/5 "2009-12-30T17:21:32Z")
Ro wrote: > I.E. you can retrieve the structure of a table or view in your DB > using > > ruby script/generate model --skip-migration Why would you skip the migration? > and then create the related controller > > ruby script/generate controller ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid