Module name Friend | Table name friends
Create the module
./script/generate controller Friends [list view new edit]
creates
apps/controllers/friends_controller.rb
apps/helpers/friends_helper.rb
if you specify any actions you will also get
app/view/friends/action.rhtml
To generate the model
./script/generate model Friend
If you wanna use the scaffold for this module just open
apps/controllers/friends_controller.rb
and modify it to
class FriendsController < ApplicationController scaffold :friend end
For a short and fast explanation about names in RoR have a look to Rails Tip Sheet