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The question you have to answer now is: for each of these tables, do you want to generate a scaffold or do you just want to generate a model? How do we figure that out?
My usual rule of thumb:
If I will need routes and controller/actions for users to be able to CRUD records in the table, then I probably want to generate scaffold. (At least some of the generated routes/actions/views will go unused. I need to remember to go back and at least disable the routes, and eventually delete the entire RCAVs, at some point; or I risk introducing security holes.)
If the model will only be used on the backend, e.g. by other models, then I probably want to generate model. For example, a Month model where I will create all twelve records once in db/seeds.rb does not require routes, MonthsController, app/views/months/, etc.
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