# Nested Resource Generator? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resource-generator/128354 "2008-02-07T00:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stephen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@stephen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resource-generator/128354/1 "2008-02-07T00:29:50Z")
Thanks in advance for your help! I’ve found and read a number of blog postings that introduce Rails 2 concepts, including nested resources. In my newest Rails app, I ran the new generate scaffold command for the child resource, and then proceeded to make all the manual changes to nest that resource inside of the parent resource. There was a LOT of typing to change this, which brings me to ask: Has anyone written a generator that can create a resource already nested within another? ---
**Author:** ![stephen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@stephen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resource-generator/128354/2 "2008-02-07T16:48:55Z")
On 2/6/08, Stephen A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > anyone written a generator that can create a resource already nested > within another? It’s not a generator, but have a look at the resource\_controller plugin. I recently wrote about it on infoq > **[Rails: Resource\_controller Plugin Puts Controllers on a Diet](https://www.infoq.com/news/2008/01/rails-resource-controller/)** > > Rails 2.0's REST support is useful but it could be less verbose and more helpful when it comes to nested resources. A Rails plugin called resource\_controller helps out by taking the tedious work out of REST controllers. We take a look at the problem... – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)