From f7a37717448c733aefd37fe633ac56447b180319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Bigg Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:32 -0700 Subject: [getting started] mention generators early on, when rails new is mentioned. This is to show one of the 'wins' of Rails nice and early. More are demonstrated as we flow through the guide. --- railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'railties/guides/source') diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile index 249bf67f57..51969d2eac 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ If it says something like "Rails 3.2.2" you are ready to continue. h4. Creating the Blog Application -To begin, open a terminal, navigate to a folder where you have rights to create files, and type: +Rails comes with a number of generators that are designed to make your development life easier. One of these is the new application generator, which will provide you with the foundation of a Rails application so that you don't have to write it yourself. + +To use this generator, open a terminal, navigate to a directory where you have rights to create files, and type: $ rails new blog @@ -164,14 +166,13 @@ A controller's purpose is to receive specific requests for the application. What A view's purpose is to display this information in a human readable format. An important distinction to make is that it is the _controller_, not the view, where information is collected. The view should just display that information. By default, view templates are written in a language called ERB (Embedded Ruby) which is converted by the request cycle in Rails before being sent to the user. - To create a new controller, run this command: $ rails generate controller home index -Rails will create several files for you, including +app/views/home/index.html.erb+. This is the template that will be used to display the results of the +index+ action (method) in the +home+ controller. +Rails will create several files for you. Most important of these are of course the controller, located at +app/controllers/home_controller.rb+ and the view, located at +app/views/home/index.html.erb+. Open the +app/views/home/index/html.erb+ file in your text editor and edit it to contain a single line of code: -- cgit v1.2.3