nested_scaffold

A scaffold command that generates a set of perfectly working nested resource for Rails 4.2 and 5.

Features

• Generates a nested child resource with a single command
• Generates a beautifully working bunch of code
• Automatically generates the appropriate model associations for ActiveRecord
• Haml ready

Rails versions

4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

Install

Put this line in your Gemfile:

gem 'nested_scaffold'

Then bundle.

Usage

% rails generate nested_scaffold PARENT_NAME/NAME [field:type field:type] [options]

(Expects PARENT model to exist in advance)

Example

While "Post" model exists,

% rails g nested_scaffold post/comment name:string content:text

This will create:

• comment {model, controller, helper, views, tests}
• nested resource route
• Post.has_many :comments association

Options

Basically same as the original scaffold.

TODO / known issues

• namespace (who needs?)
• third party orms
• fixture replacements

Contributing to nested_scaffold

Pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/amatsuda/nested_scaffold

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 Akira Matsuda. The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.