Sounds like a good set up, I don't suppose you have an open source copy of
the admin system you use for 1.x? I wouldn't mind trying to implement it
into 2.x (but 1.3 may work)

Cheers :)

On 3 February 2012 12:11, Thaissa Mendes <thaissa.men...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, using an AdminController can prevent duplicate code. My backend
> controllers would almost always have at least "index", "add", "edit"
> and "delete" methods. Those methods, created on AdminController, let
> me have on my backend controllers only any extra methods I would need.
> Creating add/edit/delete/index methods over and over seems to me a
> waste of time.
>
> Currently, using my 1.x modification, when I'm creating a backend
> module, I just create the table, create an almost empty backend
> controller, and that's it. Of course there are cases which I need some
> extra methods (such as "activate" or "show"), but the default actions
> are already working.
>
> I also created "beforeDelete", "afterSave" and some other methods to
> be able to set anything before the AdminController saves/deletes
> something, or after saving/deleting.
>
> Anyway, after some years using that way, I really prefer to change
> Cake's core again, or keep using 1.x, than stop using that way.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:03 AM, Stephen <step...@ninjacodermonkey.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > I always assumed it was much better to use a prefix than to separate your
> > controllers or possibly duplicate code?
> >
> > Using the AdminController extension (which I assume extends
> AppController?),
> > can this prevent duplicate code and what are the benefits if you don't
> mind
> > me asking?
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >  Stephen
> >
> >
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