> > There is really only one disadvantage to the scaffold > generators: They have to be maintained.
I think this is a great feature of the scaffold generator. Through the years, whenever there is a major release, I can "scaffold generate deleteme" and get a quick overview of some of the newness. No...it's not as good as checking the source or guides, but it's a very easy way to be introduced to what the current "way" is. Is that by itself enough to keep it around? I dunno...but I do like having them. Also, if maintaining the scaffold has been a problem, I'm willing to help...not that I presume to know all that's required to do that right now, but I'm serious about the offer. (Just read José's email and it may not actually be a problem.) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:29 PM, James B. Byrne <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Thu, March 8, 2012 14:30, Elomar Souza wrote: > > I don't really get it. I've been using the scaffold for a > > while, never knew it wasn't the sanctioned way of doing > > things. > . . . > > > > Can anyone please elaborate on the disadvantages of using > > the scaffold? :) > > There is really only one disadvantage to the scaffold > generators: They have to be maintained. > > Every time Rails goes through one of its periodic > syntax/structure paroxysms the generators are immediately > placed out of date. A scaffold generator rewrite requires > some detailed knowledge of the new ways of the Rails world > otherwise the code they produce is worse than useless as > exemplars. > > Unfortunately this knowledge is often limited in > distribution around the time the changes are introduced. > Further, those that do possess the requisite skills not > infrequently have no wish to spend their limited time on > something that they do not use themselves and perhaps > believe is 'morally' suspect from a professional point of > view. > > I rather suspect that arguments about the benefits of > building RoR apps 'from the ground up' and potential > confusion for Rails newcomers that might arise from using > scaffolding is quite beside the point. > > > -- > *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** > James B. Byrne mailto:[email protected] > Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 > Canada L8E 3C3 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
