From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2007-02-28T12:41:38+09:00
Subject: Re: A code generator?

On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Pedro Del Gallego wrote:
> Hi,
> I am in a not rails project. I want to generate some struct-dumb-code
> in ruby that is going to be heavily changed. Right now, i did it using
> rails script/generate.
>
> My question is, is out there any good code-generator for ruby ?
>
> Is there a good way to use the rails generator to build out-rails- 
> code?
>
> BTW we are thinking in create a house-code-generator. Any good
> article/video on this topic

First, how about creating an in-house gem rather than code  
generation?  If generated code has bugs, fixing it can be a pain.

But if you think it's the best solution I recommend erb, which is  
what the rails generations are based on.

Hope that helps!
Mat