Autoform

Autoform is a Rails plugin that makes it easy to dynamically auto-generate a form for an ActiveRecord object. It cycles through all columns in the model and generates semantically correct form output with labels. Think of Autoform as a scaffolder that automatically keeps your forms current as you make changes to your model.

Installation

  cd my_rails_app
  script/plugin install git://github.com/zeke/autoform.git

Usage

Stick this in your view:

  <% autoform_for(@hamburgers) %>

By default, this will generate a form including all columns in the Hamburger model except id, created_at, and updated_at. If you want to make your own choices about which columns to include in the generated form, you can define an editable_columns class method:

  def self.editable_columns
    %w(name deliciousness price)
  end

Copyright © 2009 Zeke Sikelianos, released under the MIT license