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This is a website and GitHub repository for example Rails 3.1 starter apps and tutorials.
It spans the gap between Rails tutorials for beginners and the piecemeal advice found on experts’ blogs.
Here’s what you can do:
- follow the tutorials and examine the code to to see examples of complete working Rails 3.1 web applications
- download code (“clone a repository”) to customize an app for your own use
- use an application template to generate a ready-made starter app
- modify an application template to make your own custom starter app
Start with instructions for Installing Rails 3.1.
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“Thanks so much for this. There are so many Rails tutorials for absolute beginners, and lots of stuff that assumes expert knowledge, but not much, besides practice, to span the gap.” — Rick Quantz, HackerNews, 13 May 2011
“I would like to say thank you for such a precise guide. It helped me understand how things work a great deal quicker than all of the bits and pieces I was reading around the web.” — Justin Booth
“@danielkehoe is somewhat of a hero with the stuff he puts on @github” — Warwick Poole, Twitter, 2 July 2011
“Crazy Deep” — Peter Cooper, Ruby Weekly, 19 May 2011
These example apps were created with the Rails Apps Composer Gem which you can use to make your own starter apps.
| Author | Example App | Tutorial | App Template | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Kehoe | Devise, RSpec, Cucumber | Tutorial | App Template | Devise for authentication with ActiveRecord and SQLite for a database |
| Daniel Kehoe | Devise, Mongoid | Tutorial | App Template | Devise for authentication with a MongoDB datastore |
| Daniel Kehoe | OmniAuth, Mongoid | Tutorial | App Template | OmniAuth for authentication with a MongoDB datastore |
Yes, developers have used this code for real-world Rails projects. See a list of Rails Applications Built from the Examples.
Want more? See an expanded list of other Rails Examples, Tutorials, and Starter Apps.