initial plugin build with code grabbed from other projects

Generators

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+scope 'merb-gen' do
+  Merb.add_generators(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'generators', 'rear_views_generator'))
+end

LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2009 YOUR NAME
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

README

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+rear_views
+==========
+
+A plugin for the Merb framework that provides ...

Rakefile

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+
+require 'merb-core'
+require 'merb-core/tasks/merb'
+
+GEM_NAME = "rear_views"
+GEM_VERSION = "0.0.1"
+AUTHOR = "Your Name"
+EMAIL = "Your Email"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://merbivore.com/"
+SUMMARY = "Merb plugin that provides ..."
+
+spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.rubyforge_project = 'merb'
+  s.name = GEM_NAME
+  s.version = GEM_VERSION
+  s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.has_rdoc = true
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README", "LICENSE", 'TODO']
+  s.summary = SUMMARY
+  s.description = s.summary
+  s.author = AUTHOR
+  s.email = EMAIL
+  s.homepage = HOMEPAGE
+  s.add_dependency('merb', '>= 1.0.8')
+  s.require_path = 'lib'
+  s.files = %w(LICENSE README Rakefile TODO) + Dir.glob("{lib,spec}/**/*")
+
+end
+
+Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
+  pkg.gem_spec = spec
+end
+
+desc "install the plugin as a gem"
+task :install do
+  Merb::RakeHelper.install(GEM_NAME, :version => GEM_VERSION)
+end
+
+desc "Uninstall the gem"
+task :uninstall do
+  Merb::RakeHelper.uninstall(GEM_NAME, :version => GEM_VERSION)
+end
+
+desc "Create a gemspec file"
+task :gemspec do
+  File.open("#{GEM_NAME}.gemspec", "w") do |file|
+    file.puts spec.to_ruby
+  end
+end

TODO

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+TODO:
+Fix LICENSE with your name
+Fix Rakefile with your name and contact info
+Add your code to lib/rear_views.rb
+Add your Merb rake tasks to lib/rear_views/merbtasks.rb

lib/generators/rear_views_generator.rb

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+module Merb::Generators
+
+  class RearViewsGenerator < NamespacedGenerator
+
+    def self.source_root
+      File.dirname(__FILE__) / 'templates'
+    end
+
+    desc <<-DESC
+      Generators a REST views for a resource, so that complex views and forms can be easily built
+    DESC
+
+    first_argument  :name, :required => true, :desc => "model name"
+    second_argument :attachments, :required => true, :as => :array, :default => [], :desc => "space separated list of fields"
+
+    [:index, :show, :edit, :new, :_form, :_list_view, :_full_view ].each do |view|
+      template "#{view}".to_sym, :template_engine => :erb, :orm => :none do |template|
+        template.source = "app/views/%file_name%/#{view}.html.erb"
+        template.destination = "app/views" / base_path / "#{file_name}/#{view}.html.erb"
+      end
+    end
+
+  #   template :paperclip do
+  #     source(File.dirname(__FILE__) / 'templates' / '%file_name%.rb')
+  #     destination("schema/migrations/#{migration_file_name}.rb")
+  #   end
+  #   
+  #   def version
+  #     format("%03d", current_migration_nr + 1)
+  #   end
+  #   
+  #   def migration_file_name
+  #     names = migration_attachments
+  #     "#{version}_add_attachments_#{names.join("_")}_to_#{class_name.underscore}"
+  #   end
+  #   
+  #   def migration_name
+  #     names = migration_attachments
+  #     "add_attachments_#{names.join("_")}_to_#{class_name.underscore}".classify
+  #   end
+  # 
+  #   protected
+  #   
+  #   def migration_attachments      
+  #     names = attachments.map(&:underscore)
+  #     attachments.length == 1 ? names : names[0..-2] + ["and", names[-1]]
+  #   end
+  #   
+  #   def destination_directory
+  #     File.join(destination_root, 'schema', 'migrations')
+  #   end
+  # 
+  #   def current_migration_nr
+  #     Dir["#{destination_directory}/*"].map{|f| File.basename(f).match(/^(\d+)/)[0].to_i  }.max.to_i
+  #   end
+  #   
+  # end
+
+  add :rear_views, RearViewsGenerator
+end

lib/rear_views.rb

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+# make sure we're running inside Merb
+if defined?(Merb::Plugins)
+
+  # Merb gives you a Merb::Plugins.config hash...feel free to put your stuff in your piece of it
+  Merb::Plugins.config[:rear_views] = {
+    :chickens => false
+  }
+
+  Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
+    # require code that must be loaded before the application
+  end
+
+  Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
+    # code that can be required after the application loads
+  end
+
+  Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles "rear_views/merbtasks"
+end

lib/rear_views/merbtasks.rb

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+namespace :rear_views do
+  desc "Do something for rear_views"
+  task :default do
+    puts "rear_views doesn't do anything"
+  end
+end

spec/rear_views_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+
+describe "rear_views" do
+  it "should do nothing" do
+    true.should == true
+  end
+end

spec/spec_helper.rb

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+$:.push File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')

test/test_helper.rb

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+$:.push File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')