Shinar

A multilingual chat application that allows users to communicate across language barriers.

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Run the setup script:

   bin/setup
   

This will install all dependencies, set up the database with seed and sample data, and prepare your development environment.

Development

Running the Server

Use Foreman to run the development server which will start the Rails server, JavaScript bundling, and CSS processing in parallel:

bin/dev

This will start:

• Rails server on http://localhost:3000
• JS build process with esbuild (watching for changes)
• CSS build process with Sass (watching for changes)

Bundling

This application uses:

• jsbundling-rails with esbuild for JavaScript
• cssbundling-rails with Sass for CSS
• Bootstrap 5 for UI components

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