Just about scaffolding - they did not removed the generator. Check this: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Scaffold
Anyway changes in RoR 2.0 are big, but look at Cake 1.2 - some tutorials from 1.1 also won't work. Every software sometimes get 'big changes'. On 23 Lut, 12:43, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > After much pressure from some of my peers and colleagues, I've decided to > take a Ride on the Ruby on Rails train and see where it leads. The stupid > train didn't get out of the station, that's where it leads. > > I was drawn to RoR for a number of reasons: > > 1. Been hearing about it for ages. > 2. It's more "established" > 3. There are a MILLION plugins out there for it. And they are a breeze > to "install". > 4. The console does a lot of generation (at least it used to) > 5. Got the Agile Web Dev. boo, and wanted to play with it. > 6. There's an IDE (RadRails) that ties into the console and the server > and everything. Debugging is a breeze, nothing to install or configure, > just > a few clicks. You could do all your "raking" straight from the IDE. It's > shiny :D > > I was just trying to go through one of the basic tutorials in the book. > After which, I would attempt to port some of my smaller CakePHP apps. To > make a long story short....the brilliant guys decided for the 2.0 release, > they would remove scaffold generation (the equivalent of baking). > > Now there are all these fancy database migrations, etc, etc. And I'm sure > they serve a very good purpose, but who gives a crap. I was already dreading > the "interesting" syntax of Ruby, now they're telling me I need to basically > write out my entire database structure into this "migration format" crap for > EVERY TABLE? > > I mean, it's not hard, but I just don't wanna do it. What's the point of all > those graphical database editors if I gotta go "generate model Post ... and > a whole bunch of fields and definitions"? And it's not even SQL. So that's > one thing I would have to learn before even being able to get started > really. > > It was also interesting how ALL the tutorials referenced the old method of > scaffolding. There was always a note at the top/bottom of the tut. saying > "this may not work in 2.0", but they never said what exactly. > > I must say, I'm greatly disappointed. I'm still baffled actually. By all > reports, RoR seemed to be highly automated, now they just pulled out a huge > chunk of it. I'm sorry, if CakePHP ever pulled out the "bake" console, I'd > have to shoot myself in the head. > > I should have known better. Fate brought me to CakePHP for reason. With all > it's quirks, this is the most productive I've been. > > Sorry for the rant. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
