TUturriblegrapes·Jun 21, 2022
How would you compare or contrast this with motor_admin https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails
In Show HN: Avo – Build Ruby on Rails apps fastermotor-admin
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motor-admin / motor-admin-rails
motor-admin-rails
Low-code Admin panel and Business intelligence Rails engine. No DSL - configurable from the UI. Rails Admin, Active Admin, Blazer modern alternative.
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6 sourcesI think the coolest thing about Rails is actually the great amount of high quality Ruby gems for Rails.
For instance, you can bootstrap a powerful Admin panel for your Rails project in no time with https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails gem.
In From Node to Ruby on RailsThanks, proper documentation will come really soon.
All configurations are stored in motor.yml file which is automatically generated in root directory.
There might be two ways handling configurations:
1. Use git to create commits with new configurations in motor.yml and deploy/pull that git repo on the production host in order to update the configs.
2. rake motor:sync to sync configurations directly to production app host via API.
There a bit of info about configurations sync between environment here:
https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails#configurati...
In Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panelThere is a ruby gem for rails projects: https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails
It's hard to say how difficult it could be but some companies already migrated from activeadmin to motor admin gem for their rails projects and they claim that it was worth it :)
In Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panelThanks, it's possible to contribute into https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails it's a ruby gem which powers motor admin app - support for new data sources and more data visualization options (cohort) are welcomed :)
In Show HN: Motor Admin – No-code admin panelThanks!
>reactive state based on custom forms.
I'd say there is something like that already in Motor Admin.
So for custom forms it's possible to use conditions to display certain fields based on other field values.
Also it's possible to feed form field with selector options via SQL queries and those queries-options are "reactive" via variables as well.
You can learn more about it here:
https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails/blob/master...
Here is an example of complex forms:
https://motor-admin.herokuapp.com/demo/forms/2
Hope that's something similar to what you expected to achieve with the admin tool.
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