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Ruby

Posted by Stephen Crockett
Stephen Crockett
18,614 Points

Ruby on Rails Quiz: Scaffolding and Test Modification

In the Scaffolding and Test Modification Quiz, part of the Advanced Social Features in Ruby on Rails, I came across this question, and the system says the answer is true. I'm inclined to disagree. I'm either really not awake yet, misreading something, or this needs to be corrected:

Scaffolding always generates all necessary code for a part of an application and needs no modification.

In any case, if the question is correct, it's still confusing. If I'm wrong, could someone explain it to me?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Please edit your post with a link to quiz in question

1 Answer

Twiz T
Twiz T
12,588 Points
Twiz T
Twiz T
12,588 Points

I think what is meant by the phrasing is something like 

rails g scaffold Post title:string

provides the minimum amount of code needed to perform basic CRUD actions for a given model. For example, without a scaffold flag-

rails g model Post title:string

would still require the controller and views to be setup not "...generating all necessary code..to work"