Added a how-to to the wiki:
run-yiic-directly-from-your-app-without-a-shell
Added a how-to to the wiki:
run-yiic-directly-from-your-app-without-a-shell
I’m also only using yiic to create webapp and models. As Yii is all about good OOP and reusability i really wonder why it should not be possible to write some code generator that can be used for both, yiic and gii. The only difference i see, is that i don’t need a preview feature on the command line.
I totally agree with Mike.
There should be a solution which uses the same code for code generation, while one has a web-interface and the other the command line for entering the params.
Seems a good solution to me.
Gii (or the new generator) could be improved also with more extensibility.
A suggestion is to divide the code generation in two steps for each generated method (eg relations, rules etc). The first step will gather/build the information needed and the second step will assemble (generate) the code.
This allows for a method to hook in between and change or add some information before the code is generated.
Thank you very much, but “with” not “instead of”. 
Thank you. Some bugs are already fixed in the trunk. Please open tickets for anything strange you see in giix!
The biggest disadvantages of the web-based solution are the lack of batch scripting and permission handling.
You always have to adjust the directories, where you want to create the files.
+1 for GII
Above would be nice. Ever think of building a special version of yiilite with Gii included for execution out of the framework directory (same level as examples)? Then gii could generate applications.
What about a CConsoleView?