activeadmin/inherited_resources

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Inherited Resources is a Ruby gem for Rails that lets controllers inherit all standard RESTful actions, so developers only write the parts that differ from the default behavior. It promotes the fat-model/skinny-controller convention and integrates with the responders and has_scope gems.

Use cases

• reduce boilerplate in Rails RESTful controllers
• generate default CRUD actions for a resource controller
• keep controllers skinny by inheriting restful behavior
• customize redirects and flash messages for resource controllers
• scope controller collections with has_scope

When to choose

• you maintain an existing Rails app already using Inherited Resources
• you want DRY, convention-based RESTful controllers in Rails
• you work within the ActiveAdmin ecosystem

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project - the README recommends Rails' respond_with with the responders gem instead
• you need highly custom controller behavior that fights the inherited defaults
• you expect new features or active upstream development

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

web-framework routing middleware web-development backend developer-tools ruby rails restful-controllers dry-controllers activeadmin responders web-server

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