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rails application templates

Daniel Kehoe edited this page May 17, 2011 · 26 revisions

Rails Application Template Projects

Rails application templates are Ruby scripts used with the "rails new app_name -m" command to generate a Rails web application. They are often used to generate “starter apps” that can be the basis of many application development projects.

Many developers have developed Rails application templates. This is a list of notable projects.

Also see an annotated list of Rails Examples, Tutorials, and Starter Apps.

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Application template-generating website

Visit this website to select “recipes” and generate an application template for a starter app.

Author Site Comments
Michael Bleigh RailsWizard numerous options

Application template-generating gems

Install these gems and then choose “recipes” and generate an application template.

Author Gem Comments
Daniel Kehoe Rails Apps Composer A fork of the RailsWizard gem
Michael Bleigh RailsWizard The basis for the RailsWizard website
Kevin Faustino Rails Templater Gem-based app generator, many options
Kristian Mandrup Cream Gem-based app generator for apps with Devise, many ORMs, CanCan

Rails application template projects

Use these scripts with the "rails new app_name -m" command to generate an application.

These projects were updated in 2011 and use Devise:

Devise, RSpec, Factory Girl, jQuery, Haml, Sass, Compass, Git, rvm, HTML5 Boilerplate, plus a layout. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

Devise (with Cucumber steps), Cucumber, RSpec, Factory Girl, Haml, Compass, jQuery, Git, Formtastic, a layout, and much more. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

Devise or Authlogic or OmniAuth, Cucumber, Capybara, RSpec, Factory Girl, Shoulda, jQuery, Haml, Compass, 960 grid or Blueprint, Capistrano or Heroku or Inploy, Git, plus a layout. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

PostgreSQL, Devise, Cucumber with Selenium and Capybara, RSpec with Machinist and Faker, JQuery, Simple Form, Haml, SASS, Git, rvm, Google analytics (optional), Hoptoad for issue tracking (optional), TellThemWhen for downtime notifications (optional). With a description of the recipe in the README.

These projects were updated in 2010 and use Devise:

Devise, RSpec, Cucumber with Capybara, Factory Girl, jQuery, Simple Form, Git, rvm. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

Devise, Cucumber, Shoulda with Factory Girl and Mocha, Haml, Sass, Formtastic, jQuery, Git, rvm.

This project was updated in 2010 and uses Mongoid:

Mongoid or ActiveRecord, RSpec, FactoryGirl, Cucumber (with Mongoid steps), jQuery, Haml, Sass, Compass. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

These projects were updated in 2011 and do not use Devise or Mongoid:

Cucumber, RSpec, jQuery, Haml or Jammit, Capistrano, Git, rvm, plus a layout. Uses subtemplates for easy customizing.

Cucumber, RSpec, Factory Girl or Fabrication, Haml, jQuery, Git, rvm.

Haml, Sass, Git, plus a layout.

These Rails 2.3 projects were once popular but haven’t been updated since 2009 or 2010:

Ruby Toolbox Ranking

For a ranking of some older application templates by popularity, see:
The Ruby Toolbox: Rails App Templates

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