Rails - Dec 2005 - Documentation for generate controller

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?

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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
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Marcel Molina Jr. <marcel-WRrfy3IlpWYdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

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


On 12/22/05, rover rhubarb
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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?
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