Rails: regarding controllers

[gregor002]

Assume I have a controller called admin in app/controllers as well as three model classes in app/models: product, category, warehouse.

How exactly do I use the admin controller to produce this kind of structure:

http://localhost:3000/admin/product/   #lists products
http://localhost:3000/admin/product/edit/1
http://localhost:3000/admin/category/new
http://localhost:3000/admin/warehouse/show/16

... rather than just simply:

http://localhost:3000/admin/edit/1
http://localhost:3000/admin/list
http://localhost:3000/admin/show/16

In my first example, are product, category and warehouse controllers as well? Or are they actions of the admin controller? If they are actions, how do I go about creating the CRUD interface for each of them?

Hope my explanation makes sense. Any help appreciated.

[Luke Redpath]

In my first example, are product, category and warehouse controllers as well?

Yes. Controllers should be aimed at a specific task. You should avoid god controller classes as much as any other god class.

If you start seeing yourself with controller methods like create_xxx, edit_xxx, create_yyy, edit_yyy for example, its a sign you really need an XXX and YYY controlller.

You can put controllers in modules, which will be located in app/controllers/modulename/ - in this case, an admin module.

> ./script/generate controller admin/products

Creates app/controllers/admin/products_controller.rb

Access it at http://myapp/admin/products

[gregor002]

Thanks for that Luke. I've realized that modules are the route that I want to take.