BaseJumper

There are others, I know, but this is how I like my apps to start out. You probably won’t like it, so move along.

Based on the Authlogic sample app (http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_example), with-password-resets branch.

• Blog post: http://www.mckinneystation.com/2009/02/22/basejumper-yet-another-starter-application
• Github source: http://github.com/gdagley/basejumper
• Check out the build status at: http://runcoderun.com/gdagley/basejumper Builds on Ruby 1.9.1, too!

TODO

• improve text coverage to 100% (rake spec:rcov)
• use Authlogic test helpers?

What is included?

• Authentication (including password reset)
• Welcome page placeholder
• Contact Us form
• Basic styling using Blueprint CSS
• Spec driven development using rspec, without fixtures
• ActiveScaffold admin interface
• Application configuration file
• Less CSS for mixing in style
• JQuery and JQuery-UI installed
• FamFamFam icons where needed

Use as you will. I may update it occasionally. Offer suggestions.

Gems

Authlogic

The way I think authentication should be done.

http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic

Configatron

For application configuration.

http://github.com/markbates/configatron

will_paginate

Because eventually you need pagination

http://github.com/mislav/will_paginate

Searchlogic

And then you need advanced searching and sorting.

http://github.com/binarylogic/searchlogic

log-buddy

For the lazy debugger in all of us.

http://github.com/relevance/log_buddy

rspec and rspec-rails

It just makes more sense to me.

http://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec
http://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec-rails

less

Nesting CSS rules, mixing in styles, and using variables in CSS is fun.

http://github.com/cloudhead/less
http://github.com/cloudhead/more

Plugins

active_scaffold

Fastest way to build a super simple admin interface.

http://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold

validatable_form

Easy AR validations for non-AR models (for those Contact Us forms)

http://github.com/gdagley/validatable_form

exception_notification

Because they happen and I want to know about them.

http://github.com/rails/exception_notification

display_flash_helper

The way I display flash messages

http://github.com/gdagley/display_flash_helper

pretty_buttons

HTML buttons shouldn’t have to look so bad.

http://github.com/relevance/pretty_buttons

seo_helper

A few useful helpers for SEO purposes.

http://github.com/relevance/seo_helper