Nifty Generators

A collection of useful Rails generator scripts.

Install

gem install niftygenerators

You may need to uninstall the older version if it’s installed.

gem uninstall ryanb-nifty-generators

Usage

Once you install the gem, the generators will be available to all Rails applications on your system. If you run script/generate without any additional arguments you should see the available generators listed.

To run the generator, go to your rails project directory and call it using the script/generate or script/destroy command.

script/generate nifty_scaffold Recipe name:string index new

Included Generators

  • nifty_layout: generates generic layout, stylesheet, and helper files.

  • nifty_scaffold: generates a controller and optional model/migration.

  • nifty_config: generates a config YAML file and loader.

Run the command with the –help option to learn more.

script/generate nifty_layout --help

Troubleshooting

*I get “undefined method ‘title’” error for nifty_scaffold.*

Try running nifty_layout too, that will generate this helper method. Or you can just change the templates to whatever approach you prefer for setting the title.

*Forms don’t work for nifty_scaffold.*

Try restarting your development server. Sometimes it doesn’t detect the change in the routing.

*The tests/specs don’t work for nifty_scaffold.*

Make sure you have mocha installed and require it in your spec/test helper.

gem install mocha

# in spec_helper.rb
config.mock_with :mocha

# in test_helper.rb
require 'mocha'

Also, make sure you’re using edge rails (or 2.1 when released) as some methods require that.

Development

This project can be found on github at the following URL.

github.com/ryanb/nifty-generators/

If you wish the generators behaved differently, please consider forking the project and modifying to your heart’s content.