Rails Boost: Rails Template Generator

Don't you hate having to setup the same shit everytime you start a new project? Well, with Rails 2.3 you can use templates to help generate your new bootstrapped application.

Just fill out this form and then we'll make a custom script for your shiny new Rails project

Pick Your Templating Language

haml plugin ?

                  
# The world's greatest templating system
plugin 'haml', :git => "git://github.com/nex3/haml.git"

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markaby plugin ?

                  
# Markup as Ruby
plugin 'markaby', :git => "git://github.com/why/markaby.git"

erubis gem

Pick Your Javascript Framework Prototype is installed by default

jquery ?

                  
# Installs JQuery 1.4.2.
run "curl -L http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.4.2.min.js > public/javascripts/jquery.js"

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jquery-form ?

                  
# Installs JQuery Form Plugin 2.43
run "curl -L http://github.com/malsup/form/raw/master/jquery.form.js?v2.43 > public/javascripts/jquery.form.js"

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Testing Frameworks

rspec-rails gem ?

                  
# RSpec's official Ruby on Rails plugin  
gem 'rspec-rails', :lib => false, :version => "~> 1.3.0"

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run script/generate rspec-generate ?

                      
# Calls generate for rspec
generate("rspec")

cucumber plugin ?

                  
# BDD that talks to domain experts first and code 2nd
plugin 'cucumber', :git => "git://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber.git"

thoughtbot-shoulda gem ?

                  
# Shoulda gem makes it easy to write elegant, understandable, and maintainable Ruby tests.
gem 'thoughtbot-shoulda', :source => "http://gems.github.com"

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Fixture Plugins

factory_girl plugin ?

                  
# Fixture replacement for focused and readable tests.
plugin 'factory_girl', :git => "git://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl.git"

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fixjour gem ?

                  
# Word to your object mother.
gem 'fixjour'

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Resource Plugin

make_resourceful plugin ?

                  
# Hampton's favorite Resource System
plugin 'make_resourceful', :git => "git://github.com/hcatlin/make_resourceful.git"

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resource_controller plugin ?

                  
# Rails RESTful controller abstraction plugin.
plugin 'resource_controller', :git => "git://github.com/giraffesoft/resource_controller.git"

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Authentication

authlogic gem ?

                  
# Authlogic authentication library
gem 'authlogic', :source => "http://gems.github.com"

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Attachment Helper

attachment_fu plugin ?

                  
# Treat an ActiveRecord model as a file attachment, storing its patch, size, content type, etc.
plugin 'attachment_fu', :git => "git://github.com/technoweenie/attachment_fu.git"

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paperclip plugin ?

                  
# Attachments with no extra database tables, only one library to install for image processing
plugin 'paperclip', :git => "git://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip.git"

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Misc

delete default files ?

                  
# Cleans up a lot of the files that might clutter your app when you start.
run "rm README"
run "rm public/index.html"
run "rm public/favicon.ico"
run "rm public/robots.txt"

git-ignore ?

                  
# Setup decent default gitignores
run "touch tmp/.gitignore log/.gitignore vendor/.gitignore"
  run %{find . -type d -empty | grep -v "vendor" | grep -v ".git" | grep -v "tmp" | xargs -I xxx touch xxx/.gitignore}
  file '.gitignore', <<-END
.DS_Store
log/*.log
tmp/**/*
config/database.yml
db/*.sqlite3
END

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