> To me, tgcrud is a "Keep simple things simple and complex things > possible" tool. I have some tgapps upon the tgcrud generated > subcontrollers(packages). > > Let's take identity for example. > You'll be happy with catwalk if you use SQLObject. Since you don't > need to configure anything and get a pretty admin interface. > > But once you need to expose that interface to users. > You'd re-implement some functions that catwalk provide. Here's tgcrud > come to play. > > With tgcrud you could easily get a subcontroller packages which able > to deal with a model data manipulation. > At this time you don't need to involve too much to get the same > functionality as you get in catwalk. > > Since the generated subcontroller is a normal tg subcontroller. You > could add some extra model-related methods upon it. Or custom the > templates....,etc. > > > Hope the explanation helps. :P > > > > Hi, tgcrud looks great indeed, how does it compare to catwalk in terms > > > of intended usage and features? > > > > > Daniel > > > > A quick answer is the philosophy of tgcrud is different from catwalk > > and fastdata. > > > > Catwalk and Fastdata are a kind of automatic admin generation tools > > based on models. > > While you just start a project, you get free beers with them. > > > > tgcrud is a generator which produce a pre-configured subcontroller > > folders. The subcontroller that tgcrud created helps you handle most > > of the tedious tasks to make model manipulation functional. The only > > thing you have to do is to assign the form fields(with form widgets) > > you want to follow. > > > > Catwalk could handle the whole models in site. > > tgcrud and Fastdata are working with single model. But tgcrud > > generated subcontroller allow you to cascade them to form a full > > functional admin interface. (Since tgcrud generated subcontrollers > > are just normal tg subcontroller folders)
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