Smashing Boxes App generator

Makes building apps faster and more fun!

Features

• application.html in slim
• readme in markdown format with outline
• test environment setup (gems and test_helper)
• default Gemfile with SB recommended gems
• basic site protection using rack-attack gem
• set time format default to be human friendly
• best practice .gitignore
• generate .envrc for spring
• setup turbolinks
• default time zone to 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
• setup cache_store to use mem_cache_store
• uncomment header 'X-Accel-Redirect' to be used by nginx
• example commented code on how to setup smtp config
• setup letter_opener gem in development
• log level to :error in production (reduce the quantity of logs)
• rename application.css to use SCSS
• stop Rails from generating empty asset and helper files
• secrets.yml defaults and example file
• update gems to latest versions
• basic Profile
• create database
• database.yml example file
• set robots.txt with link to sitemap
• remove public index.html
• git setup and initial commit
• better 404.html default

Prerequisites

Make sure you have Ruby 2.0+ (We recommend you install ruby using rbenv or RVM) and Rails 4.0 installed

ruby -v
rails -v
gem install rails

Postgres

Check that you have postgres installed by running brew info postgres. You should see /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/X.X.X in the first lines, if you see Not installed, install by running brew install postgres and following the instructions detailed in the caveats.

Usage

###Automatic (recommended)

echo '-m https://raw.github.com/smashingboxes/sb_app_generator/master/app_generator.rb --skip-bundle' > ~/.railsrc

now you will use the generator by default

rails new your_app_name

but you can skip it using --no-rc

rails new your_app_name --no-rc

###Manual

rails new your_app_name -m https://raw.github.com/smashingboxes/sb_app_generator/master/app_generator.rb --skip-bundle

Skip the template

If you create a ~/.railsrc file and wish to ignore it when creating a new app:

rails new your_app_name --no-rc

Project Readme

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