Dev Fu! Base

A template for creating rails 4.1 applications.

Environment Variables

In development & test, environment variables are loaded from .env

• EMAIL_HOST: hostname to use in email links
• SECRET_TOKEN: secret token for rails
• UNICORN_WORKERS: number of unicorn workers to start

Development

Prerequisites

• ruby 2.0.0+ # rvm install 2.1.3
• bundler
• mysql # brew install mysql
• postgresql # http://postgresapp.com

$ git clone git@github.com/devfu/base.git
$ cd base
$ bundle
$ cp {sample,}.env                  # edit this file
$ cp Procfile.local{.sample,}       # edit this file
$ cp config/database.yml{.sample,}  # edit this file
$ bundle exec rake db:setup
$ bundle exec rake spec
$ foreman start -f Procfile.local

Testing

Prerequisites

• phantomjs # brew install phantomjs

Tools used:

• rspec
• capybara
• factory girl
• poltergeist

rake spec # this will run all of the RSpec specifications, located in ./spec

• Specs are organized into model & feature specs (/spec/models, /spec/features)
• Factories are located in /spec/factories.rb

Deploy

Recommended deployment is via Heroku. They have an excellent intro at http://docs.heroku.com/quickstart

Addons

We're using the following heroku addons

• heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev
• memcachier:dev
• newrelic:wayne
• papertrail:choklad
• pgbackups:plus
• sendgrid:starter

Environment Variables

Use the heroku config command to check/set environemnt variables on Heroku.

Contributors

• BM5k
• koedbymonkey
• bowerman

Developed by Dev Fu!, LLC