Generators

Customize JeffreyWay/Laravel-4-Generators to generate Views

Step 1

To generate a fully scaffolded resource run the command php artisan generate:scaffold post --fields="title:string, body:text"

Step 2

Change the view template: \vendor\way\generators\src\Way\Generators\templates\view.txt or alternatively you can run php artisan generate:publish-templates so that all template files are published to app directory

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
INDEX RESOURCE
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@extends('layouts.master')
@section('content')

    {{ link_to_route('$MODEL_NAME$.create', 'Create $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$', null, array('class' => 'btn btn-success pull-right')) }}
    <h1>$MODEL_NAME$</h1>   
     
    @if(count($$MODEL_NAME$) > 0)

    @foreach($$MODEL_NAME$ as $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$)

            $FIELDS$ - Usage: {{ $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->field }}

            </br>
            <a class="btn btn-xs btn-success" href="{{ URL::to('$MODEL_NAME$/' . $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id) }}">Read More</a>
            <a class="btn btn-xs btn-info" href="{{ URL::to('$MODEL_NAME$/' . $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id . '/edit') }}">Edit</a>

            <button class="btn btn-xs btn-warning pull-right" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete">Delete</button>
            {{ HTML::deleteModal('delete','$MODEL_NAME$','$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$', $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id) }}

    @endforeach

    @else
    <p class="text-muted">Get started by creating a $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$</p>
    @endif

@stop

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CREATE RESOURCE
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@extends('layouts.master')
@section('content')

        <h1>Create $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$</h1>

        {{ Form::open(array('route' => '$MODEL_NAME$.store', 'role'=>'form')) }}

        $FIELDS$  Usage: {{ Form::textField('field', 'Field Name', 'placeholder-text') }}

        <a href='{{URL::previous()}}' class='btn btn-default pull-right'>Cancel</a>

        {{ Form::submitField('Save', 'btn btn-primary') }}

        {{ Form::close() }}

@stop

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
EDIT RESOURCE
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@extends('layouts.master')
@section('content')

        <h1>Edit $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$</h1>

        {{ Form::model($$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$, array('route' => ['$MODEL_NAME$.update', $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id],'method' => 'put')) }}

        $FIELDS$  Usage: {{ Form::textField('field', 'Field Name', '') }}

        <a href='{{URL::previous()}}' class='btn btn-default pull-right'>Cancel</a>

        {{ Form::submitField('Save Changes', 'btn btn-primary') }}

        {{ Form::close() }}

@stop

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
SHOW RESOURCE
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@extends('layouts.master')
@section('content')

        {{ link_to_route('$MODEL_NAME$.index', ' All $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$', null, array('class'=>'btn btn-primary pull-right')) }}

        <h2>{{ $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->field }} <small>{{ $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->updated_at->diffForHumans() }}</small></h2>
        <hr>

        $FIELDS$  Usage: {{ $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->field }}

        <hr>
        <a class="btn btn-xs btn-info" href="{{ URL::to('$MODEL_NAME$/' . $$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id . '/edit') }}">Edit</a>
         
        <button class="btn btn-xs btn-warning pull-right" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete">Delete</button>

        {{ HTML::deleteModal('delete','$MODEL_NAME$','$MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$', $MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR$->id) }}

@stop

Step 3

Alter the Resource Generate Command to pass the Model name and Fields to the View Generator \vendor\way\generators\src\Way\Generators\Commands\ResourceGeneratorCommand.php

protected function callView($resource)
    {
        $collection = $this->getTableName($resource);
        $modelName = $this->getModelName($resource);
        $fields = $this->option('fields'); // CPG

        if ($this->confirm("Do you want me to create views for this $modelName resource? [yes|no]"))
        {
            foreach(['index', 'show', 'create', 'edit'] as $viewName)
            {
                $viewName = "{$collection}.{$viewName}";
                //$this->call('generate:view', compact('viewName')); // CPG
                $this->call('generate:view', compact('viewName','modelName','fields'));  // CPG
            }
        }
    }

Step 4

Alter View Generator Command to accept the arguments from the Resource Generate Command and generate a view \vendor\way\generators\src\Way\Generators\Commands\ViewGeneratorCommand.php

    // CPG
    protected function getModelName()
    {
        $modelName = strtolower(str_plural($this->argument('modelName')));
        return $modelName;
    }

    // CPG
    protected function getFieldNames()
    {
        $fields = $this->argument('fields');
        return $fields;
    }

    /**
     * Fetch the template data
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getTemplateData()
    {
        return [
            'PATH' => $this->getFileGenerationPath(),
            // CPG
            'MODEL_NAME' => $this->getModelName(),
            'MODEL_NAME_SINGULAR' => str_singular($this->getModelName()),
            'FIELDS' => $this->getFieldNames()
        ];
    }

     /**
     * Get the console command arguments.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getArguments()
    {
        return [
            ['viewName', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The name of the desired view'],
            // CPG
            ['modelName', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The name of the desired model'],
            ['fields', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Fields for the migration'],
        ];
    }

Summary

• Run scaffold generator
• Separate out views for Create. Edit, Show, Index
• Change all forms in Create and Edit Views
• Got to Model, add protected $fillable = ['field-name','field-name'];
• Recheck all {{ resource->field-name }} in Index, Edit, Show views

View generator

• Command: php artisan generate:view name-of-view model-name fields
• Example: php artisan generate:view dog dobberman name:string,breed:string

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Seperately generate Index, Create, Show & Edit views (source)

ViewGeneratorCommand

<?php namespace Way\Generators\Commands;
 
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
//added pluralizer namespace
use Illuminate\Support\Pluralizer;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 
class ViewGeneratorCommand extends GeneratorCommand {
 
 
 
    /**
     * Fetch the template data
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getTemplateData()
    {
        
        // change to create the needed vars to paths
        $temp = explode('.', $this->argument('viewName'));
 
        $model = $temp[0];
 
 
        $models = Pluralizer::plural($model);   // posts
 
        $Models = ucwords($models);             // Posts
 
        $Model = Pluralizer::singular($Models); // Post
 
 
 
        return [
            'Model' => $Model,
            'Models' => $models,
            'model' => $model,
            'models' => $models,
        ];
    }
 
   
 
}

config.php

    'index_template_path' => 'app/generator/templates/views/index.txt',
    'create_template_path' => 'app/generator/templates/views/create.txt',
    'edit_template_path' => 'app/generator/templates/views/edit.txt',
    'show_template_path' => 'app/generator/templates/views/show.txt',
    'form_template_path' => 'app/generator/templates/views/_form.txt',