shoulda_generator

Created: 2008-07-02 17:30
Updated: 2017-11-02 08:51
License: mit

README.markdown

Shoulda generators

One night at a Boston Ruby hackfest, I finally got sick of using the Rails default generators, and then having to twiddle them to meet my needs and tastes. This includes using things like:

The next morning, I was struck awake at 5am with the inspiration to start implementing it. shoulda_generator is the result of this effort.

What you get

shoulda_model

  • A new model
  • A migration for the model
  • Skip using --skip-migration
  • A factory defined with factory_girl
  • Skip using --skip-factory
  • A shoulda unit test with a few simple 'should's

Prereqs:

shoulda_scaffold

  • Everything included in shoulda_model
  • A controller (sans unnecessary comments)
  • Choice of haml (default) or ERB
    • Specify which with the --templating option
  • Simple layout styled with blueprint
    • Skip using --skip-layout
  • A helper
  • A shoulda functional test using factory_girl factory, using should_be_restful or not
    • Specify with --functional-test-style, accepts basic and should_be_restful

Prereqs:

Getting it

shoulda_generator is available as a gem via GitHub. If you haven't done so already, you need to setup GitHub as a gem source:

$ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com

Now you can install it:

$ sudo gem install technicalpickles-shoulda_generator

Example usage

Usage is the same as the default Rails generators.

$ script/generate shoulda_model post title:string body:text published:boolean 
$ script/generate shoulda_scaffold post title:string body:text published:boolean

Configuring it

You can override the default values for templating and functional_test_style by placing a .shoulda_generator file in your home directory.

Here's an example .shoulda_generator:

:templating: erb              # supported options: haml|erb
:functional_test_syle: basic  # supported options: should_be_restful|basic

Developing it

Source is hosted on GitHub: http://github.com/technicalpickles/shoulda_generator/tree/master

You can do the usual fork/commit cycle until you have something ready to share. Send pull requests my way.

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