Rails 3 Generators

Using generators in Rails 3. Presented at capetown.rb

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1. Rails 3 Generators capetown.rb Chris Stefano
2. Generators love them, hate them?
3. Generators provide a great way to get started automate repetitive tasks so you keep going
4. Generators improved in Rails 3 ✔ modular ✔ extensible ✔ custom generators ✔ uses Thor
5. Rails 3 Generators configurable replace built-in generators hook into built-in generators create hooks in custom generators
6. Take Advantage template overrides application templates scaffold defaults custom generators
7. Template Overrides override templates for built-in generators e.g. views
8. Application Templates automate steps when creating a new rails app rails new my_app -m template.rb e.g. install and configure devise
9. Scaffold Defaults change generator options e.g. test framework
10. Custom Generators creating custom generators rails generate generator repetitive_task e.g. automate a repetitive task
11. Resources  Rails Guides: Creating and Customizing Rails Generators & Templates http://guides.rubyonrails.org/generators.html  Thor Actions http://rdoc.info/github/wycats/thor/master/Thor/Actions.html  Rails 3 Generators: mongo, mustache, formtastic etc... http://github.com/indirect/rails3-generators  Crafting Rails Applications http://pragprog.com/titles/jvrails/crafting-rails-applications
12. Thanks Rails 3 Generators capetown.rb Chris Stefano http://github.com/virtualstaticvoid
13. Puzzle In tradition of Aslam Khan's presentation at RubyFuza, I'll leave you with a puzzle! consider this Sinatra application get '/guess/:who' do pass unless params[:who] == 'Frank' 'You got me!' end get '/guess/*' do 'You missed!' end how does the pass method work it's magic?