diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold_resource/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold_resource/USAGE index 9ccf4d9938d1..aa4749128091 100644 --- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold_resource/USAGE +++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold_resource/USAGE @@ -1,29 +1,37 @@ Description: - The scaffold resource generator creates a model, a controller, and a set of templates that's ready to use as the - starting point for your REST-like, resource-oriented application. This basically means that it follows a set of - conventions to exploit the full set of HTTP verbs (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) and is prepared for multi-client access - (like one view for HTML, one for an XML API, one for ATOM, etc). Everything comes with sample unit and functional - tests as well. + The scaffold resource generator creates a model, a controller, and a + set of templates that's ready to use as the starting point for your + REST-like, resource-oriented application. This basically means that it + follows a set of conventions to exploit the full set of HTTP verbs + (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) and is prepared for multi-client access (like one + view for HTML, one for an XML API, one for ATOM, etc). Everything comes + with sample unit and functional tests as well. - The generator takes the name of the model as its first argument. This model name is then pluralized to get the - controller name. So "scaffold_resource post" will generate a Post model and a PostsController and will be intended - for URLs like /posts and /posts/45. + The generator takes the name of the model as its first argument. This + model name is then pluralized to get the controller name. So + "scaffold_resource post" will generate a Post model and a + PostsController and will be intended for URLs like /posts and + /posts/45. - As additional parameters, the generator will take attribute pairs described by name and type. These attributes will - be used to prepopulate the migration to create the table for the model and to give you a set of templates for the - view. For example, "scaffold_resource post title:string created_on:date body:text published:boolean" will give - you a model with those four attributes, forms to create and edit those models from, and an index that'll list them - all. + As additional parameters, the generator will take attribute pairs + described by name and type. These attributes will be used to + prepopulate the migration to create the table for the model and to give + you a set of templates for the view. For example, "scaffold_resource + post title:string created_on:date body:text published:boolean" will + give you a model with those four attributes, forms to create and edit + those models from, and an index that'll list them all. - You don't have to think up all attributes up front, but it's a good idea of adding just the baseline of what's - needed to start really working with the resource. + You don't have to think up all attributes up front, but it's a good + idea of adding just the baseline of what's needed to start really + working with the resource. - Once the generator has run, you'll need to add a declaration to your config/routes.rb file to hook up the rules - that'll point URLs to this new resource. If you create a resource like "scaffold_resource post", you'll need to - add "map.resources :posts" (notice the plural form) in the routes file. Then your new resource is accessible from - /posts. + Once the generator has run, you'll need to add a declaration to your + config/routes.rb file to hook up the rules that'll point URLs to this + new resource. If you create a resource like "scaffold_resource post", + you'll need to add "map.resources :posts" (notice the plural form) in + the routes file. Then your new resource is accessible from /posts. Examples: ./script/generate scaffold_resource post # no attributes, view will be anemic ./script/generate scaffold_resource post title:string created_on:date body:text published:boolean - ./script/generate scaffold_resource purchase order_id:integer created_at:datetime amount:decimal \ No newline at end of file + ./script/generate scaffold_resource purchase order_id:integer created_at:datetime amount:decimal