#284 Active Admin

Sep 19, 2011 | 12 minutes | Administration, Plugins

Active Admin allows you to quickly build an admin interface with just a few commands. Not only does it look great, but it is very customizable as shown in this episode.

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          bash
                
        bundle
rails g active_admin:install
rake db:migrate
rails g active_admin:resource product
        
bundle
rails g active_admin:install
rake db:migrate
rails g active_admin:resource product

          Gemfile
                
        gem 'activeadmin'
        
gem 'activeadmin'

          app/admin/products.rb
                
        ActiveAdmin.register Product do
  scope :unreleased
  
  index do
    column :name
    column :category
    column "Release Date", :released_at
    column :price, :sortable => :price do |product|
      div :class => "price" do
        number_to_currency product.price
      end
    end
    default_actions
  end
end
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      
ActiveAdmin.register Product do
  scope :unreleased
  
  index do
    column :name
    column :category
    column "Release Date", :released_at
    column :price, :sortable => :price do |product|
      div :class => "price" do
        number_to_currency product.price
      end
    end
    default_actions
  end
end

          app/admin/dashboards.rb
                
        ActiveAdmin::Dashboards.build do
  section "Recent Products" do
    table_for Product.order("released_at desc").limit(5) do
      column :name do |product|
        link_to product.name, [:admin, product]
      end
      column :released_at
    end
    strong { link_to "View All Products", admin_products_path }
  end
end
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      
ActiveAdmin::Dashboards.build do
  section "Recent Products" do
    table_for Product.order("released_at desc").limit(5) do
      column :name do |product|
        link_to product.name, [:admin, product]
      end
      column :released_at
    end
    strong { link_to "View All Products", admin_products_path }
  end
end

          app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.scss
                
        @import "products";
        
@import "products";

          config/initializers/active_admin.rb
                
        config.site_title = "Ryan's Store"
        
config.site_title = "Ryan's Store"