Rails has some handy generators to help streamline the creation of models, views, controllers, and a bunch of other goodies.
~/dev/kitten_factory $ rails g controller Kittens
create app/controllers/kittens_controller.rb
invoke erb
create app/views/kittens
invoke helper
create app/helpers/kittens_helper.rb
invoke assets
invoke coffee
create app/assets/javascripts/kittens.js.coffee
invoke scss
create app/assets/stylesheets/kittens.css.scss
Unfortunately, over time the unused files that are created (and not deleted) add clutter to your application.
~/dev/kitten_factory $ wc -l app/helpers/*
2 app/helpers/allergies_helper.rb
14 app/helpers/application_helper.rb
2 app/helpers/invitations_helper.rb
# lots of unused helper files
# ...
2 app/helpers/trainers_helper.rb
2 app/helpers/vets_helper.rb
194 total # 178 lines of unused application code
Luckily with a small adjustment to your application environment we can avoid the generation of unnecessary files.
# config/application.rb
module KittenFactory
class Application < Rails::Application
# Disable generation of helpers, javascripts, css, and view specs
config.generators do |generate|
generate.helper false
generate.assets false
generate.view_specs false
end
# ...
end
This allow us to tailor the generators to only create the files we need.
~/dev/kitten_factory $ rails g controller Users
create app/controllers/users_controller.rb
invoke erb
create app/views/users
invoke assets
invoke scss
If you use Suspenders, this and more will be automatically configured for you.
