Generator for making a backbone model. Original author @daytonn

BmodelGenerator.rb

class BmodelGenerator < Rails::Generators::NamedBase
  source_root File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)

  argument :url, type: :string, default: 'url-goes-here'

  def generate_view
    template "model.js.erb", File.join('app', 'assets', 'javascripts', 'models', "#{file_name}.js")
    %x{echo //= require models/#{file_name} | pbcopy}
    %x{#{ENV['EDITOR']} #{File.join('app', 'assets', 'javascripts', 'application.js')}}
  end

  private

  def file_name
    name.underscore
  end

end

model.js.erb

App.Models.<%= name.camelize %> = Backbone.Model.extend({
  urlRoot: '/<%= url %>'
});

App.Collections.<%= name.pluralize.camelize %> = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  url: '/<%= url %>',
  model: App.Models.<%= name.camelize %>
});

USAGE

Description:
    Creates a backbone view file with the model and collection defined within.

    Also will open application.js manifest in EDITOR with the require statement ready in the clipboard.

Example:
    rails generate bmodel Modelname

    This will create:
        app/asssets/javascripts/models/thing.js