Formtastic
inherited_resources
| Formtastic | inherited_resources | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | |
| 5,196 | 2,707 | |
| 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 4.8 | 8.0 | |
| 2 months ago | 5 days ago | |
| Ruby | Ruby | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Formtastic
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An Unofficial Active Admin Guide
All the parameters required to draw the form (including object and method) are passed to #initialize defined in the module Formtastic::Inputs::Base. The #to_html method is responsible for rendering the input.
inherited_resources
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Admin Framework for Rails
Until recently, my default Admin was ActiveAdmin library. But I found it a bit challenging onboarding new engineers with Inherited Resources gem. Also, a lot is changed on the frontend side with webpack, and now esbuild. I would like to use TailwindCSS to simplify the development. IMHO, ActiveAdmin legacy makes it way more complicated for customization to a new project.
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An Unofficial Active Admin Guide
All Active Admin controllers are inherited from InheritedResources::Base, which means that we can modify their behavior using library methods. For example, here is how the list of available controller actions is defined:
What are some alternatives?
Simple Form - Forms made easy for Rails! It's tied to a simple DSL, with no opinion on markup.
esbuild-rails - Bundle and transpile JavaScript in Rails with esbuild
Rails Bootstrap Forms - Official repository of the bootstrap_form gem, a Rails form builder that makes it super easy to create beautiful-looking forms using Bootstrap 5.
madmin - A robust Admin Interface for Ruby on Rails apps
Reform - Form objects decoupled from models.
activeadmin_addons - Extends ActiveAdmin to enable a set of great optional UX improving add-ons
ActiveForm - Create nested forms with ease.
ActiveAdmin - The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.
Abracadabra
RailsAdmin - RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data
ComfyBootstrapForm - Rails form builder for Bootstrap 4 markup that actually works!
ransack - Object-based searching.