Ruby On Rails scaffolding
Rails scaffolding is a tool that automatically generates a set of files and code for a new resource in a Rails application. It's a rapid way to create the basic structure for a resource's complete functionality, including a model, database migration, controller, routes, and views.
How Scaffolding Works
When you run the rails generate scaffold command, Rails creates the following components:
Model: A file that represents the data structure of your resource. It inherits from ApplicationRecord and defines associations and validations.
Database Migration: A file that creates or modifies a table in your database to store the resource's data. This includes columns with specified data types.
Controller: A file that handles the logic for interacting with the resource. It contains actions like index, show, new, create, edit, update, and destroy. These actions respond to HTTP requests.
Views: A directory of files that make up the user interface for the resource. This includes forms for creating and editing, and pages for showing, listing, and confirming deletion of resources. These views are written in Embedded Ruby (ERB) and HTML.
Routes: The routes.rb file is updated to include a resources line for your new resource. This automatically maps the controller actions to the correct URLs.