merb_autoscaffold

Merb AutoScaffold is a Merb plugin that provides scaffolding for free for all models. Merb AutoScaffold currently works with DataMapper 0.3 and ActiveRecord.

==== Usage:

You must first build and install the gem. From the merb_autoscaffold directory, run:

$ sudo rake gem install

Then add a dependency in your init.rb file:

dependency 'merb_autoscaffold'

Scaffolds will then be available for all models in your application. If a controller for a model already exists, then any actions in that controller will be preserved, while the missing CRUD actions will be added

==== Example:

/app/models/blog.rb

class Blog < DataMapper::Base property :title, :string property :content, :text

has_many :comments end

/config/init.rb

... dependency 'merb_autoscaffold' ...

Run the Merb server

$ merb

Scaffolds are now available at http://localhost:4000/scaffolds from your web browser

You can customize the path to the scaffolds by editing the AutoScaffold's configs

in the /config/init.rb file in the +after_app_loads+ block:

Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do

scaffolds will be available at /foo instead of /scaffolds

Merb::Plugins.config[:merb_autoscaffold][:namespace] = 'foo' end

==== Caveats

Currently, autoscaffolds only work with DataMapper 0.3 and ActiveRecord models.

Autoscaffolds also will not work with flat Merb apps.