What is scaffolding? Is it a term for a particular platform?

Question

Scaffolding, what is it? Is it a Rails-only thing?

Answer 1

It is not a rails only term although I think it originated there (at least that is where I first heard it.)

Scaffolding is a framework that allows you to do basic CRUD operations against your database with little or no code. Generally, you then go through and add the code to manage the data the way you want replacing the scaffolding. It is generally only intended to get you up and running quickly.