Bushido

This is the template I use on my new applications. It’s very specifically geared for the tools I use, and includes some of my coding idioms. The gold directory is a great example of what an app created with this template will end up looking like.

This template includes:

Full user system

• Authentication via Authlogic,
• Streamlined user registration initially requiring just email address
• User confirmation/activation

Configured for Heroku

Including .gems manifest and automatic app creation.

This template will create a new, free, heroku app automatically. BEWARE

User avatars in Amazon S3 via Paperclip

Blueprint based default style

Plugins & Gems:

• Inherited Resources
• Authlogic
• HAML
• Blueprint CSS framework
• Shoulda test suite and extra macros
• Formtastic (with validation reflection plugin)
• Hoptoad
• Blue Ridge JS testing framework
• will_paginate
• Paperclip
• RedCloth

To use:

It’s a good idea to have some info handy, including:

• The hoptoad key for the new project
• A gmail email address and password for configuring outgoing email
• The S3 key and secret for paperclip avatars

Once you’ve got that, run:

You can also supply the configuration values on the commandline:

Note the extra ‘—’ in there, which must come before the rest of the options. The supported options are:

• —hoptoad_key
• —gmail_username
• —gmail_password
• —s3_key
• —s3_secret

AGAIN: This template will create a new, free, heroku app automatically.

Todo:

• User password resets
• Something to deal with url slugs (such as http://github.com/norman/friendly_id/)
• less