RoR, Judge Judy, and little old ladies

[Bruno Medeiros]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> Robby wrote:
>>> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>>> In both cases, Ruby code is generated from
>>>> code in these two DSLs, but that code generation is performed not by 
>>>> the Ruby compiler during compile-time, but by an external tool 
>>>> (similar to parser generators for example).
>>> No, it's done with Ruby during run time, using Ruby's dynamic and 
>>> reflective abilities.
>>
>> Hum, I had understood scaffolding to be the process where it generated 
>> Ruby code by looking at the DB schema. So if I change the DB schema, I 
>> don't have to run scaffolding again? I only need to restart the web 
>> app, since it can reflectively and dynamically create its own ORM logic?
> 
> Unless you actually want to do something with that data, I assume.
> 
> 
> Sean

What do you mean? I am of course talking in the case where the web app 
works with the data, otherwise the point of needing or not needing to 
restart the app was moot.

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