#216 Generators in Rails 3

May 31, 2010 | 11 minutes | Plugins, Rails 3.0

Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences.

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Update: Removing the last two lines of application.rb (where we specify the fallback) seems to resolve the overriding template issue mentioned at the end of this episode. (Thanks Jari!)

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          bash
        
rails g
rails g scaffold --help
rails g scaffold project name:string --no-stylesheets
bundle install
rails g scaffold task project_id:integer
rails g scaffold category name:string

          Gemfile
        
group :test do
  gem "shoulda"
  gem "factory_girl"
end

gem "rails3-generators", :group => :development

          config/application.rb
        
config.generators do |g|
  g.stylesheets false
  g.test_framework :shoulda
  g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl
end
# ...
require 'rails/generators'
Rails::Generators.fallbacks[:shoulda] = :test_unit