Programmin' Prim8

Rails 1.2 is not out as of this writing, but it is expected soon. These features are currently available on edge rails.

Resource Routes - edge rails
rdocs
peepcode.com cheatsheet

Set up basic CRUD routes for your resources:



Resource Generator - edge rails

Will generate a RESTful model, controller, views, tests and migration.



RSpec Resource Generator - plugin
announcement
svn

Equivalent to scaffold_resource generator for people using BDD/RSpec. Will generate specs instead of tests.

simply_helpful - plugin
writeup

Lots of helper methods for REST. Sugar for rendering collections, autogenerate DOM ID, form blocks and more.

restful_authentication - plugin
readme
svn

Will generate RESTful user/session functionality. Also has an authenticated_mailer generator, although as of the time of this writing, it doesn't work out of the box with the user controller/model. You'll need to finish off the activation code.

ActiveResource - edge rails
writeup

Update - delayed .. will not ship with Rails 1.2.

ActiveRecord-like interface to RESTful services. Note, "rake rails:freeze:edge" did not give me this library, I had to use: