Admin section in rails

Question

What is the correct Way to structure an admin section in an Rails application? I'm not talking about Auth, but where to put the admin controllers, routing etc.

Answer 1

I used the Typus plugin a while ago. It's fine for little projects, but for larger apps it can get messy. Also, when your db schema changes it doesn't adapt. I think it's a Rails deficience compared wth Django.

Answer 2

Namespaces.

namespace :admin do
  resources :projects
  resources :users
  # ...
end

Generate controllers with rails generate controller admin/projects etc.

(In Rails 2, it's map.namespace :admin do ... end and ./script/generate controller admin/projects.)