Ruby on Rails Generating Views
One particular situation is when you want to add a new view to an existing controller.
In that case, just use the regular command, but be careful to say 'n'
every time prompted in order to not overwrite existing files.
For example, adding a view called 'invite'
to an existing controller named 'projects'
:
smith@ubuntuSrv16DEV4:~/railsapps/project_manager$ rails -v
Rails 5.1.4
smith@ubuntuSrv16DEV4:~/railsapps/project_manager$ rails generate controller projects invite
Running via Spring preloader in process 46253
conflict app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
Overwrite /home/smith/railsapps/project_manager/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb? (enter "h" for help) [Ynaqdh] n
skip app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
route get 'projects/invite'
invoke erb
exist app/views/projects
create app/views/projects/invite.html.erb
invoke test_unit
conflict test/controllers/projects_controller_test.rb
Overwrite /home/smith/railsapps/project_manager/test/controllers/projects_controller_test.rb? (enter "h" for help) [Ynaqdh] n
skip test/controllers/projects_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
identical app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
invoke test_unit
invoke assets
invoke coffee
identical app/assets/javascripts/projects.coffee
invoke scss
conflict app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss
Overwrite /home/smith/railsapps/project_manager/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss? (enter "h" for help) [Ynaqdh] n
skip app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss
smith@ubuntuSrv16DEV4:~/railsapps/project_manager$
You can generate the controller and the view using the controller generator.
rails g controller controllername new create
This will create actions new
and create
with their corresponding views.
You still need to set up your routes manually with this.