rails apps recipes

Recipes for the Rails Apps Composer Gem

The Rails Apps Composer gem is used to create the example apps from the Rails Apps repository.

The Rails Apps Composer gem provides recipes to create Rails application templates you can use to generate Rails starter apps. Here’s a list of some of the recipes.

For an up-to-date list, browse the repository recipes directory.

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The Recipes

The following recipes were used to create the application templates.

Recipes for General Use

File		Dependencies	Authors
action_mailer.rb	Changes ActionMailer defaults	none	dkehoe
cleanup.rb	Remove unnecessary files, add READMEs	none	fnichol, dkehoe
extras.rb	ban spiders, add rails-footnotes	none	dkehoe
git.rb	Add a gitignore file, initialize new Git repo	Git	fnichol, dkehoe

Recipes for Testing and BDD

File		Dependencies	Authors
rspec.rb	Install RSpec	none	rbrooker, dkehoe
cucumber.rb	Install Cucumber	none	rbrooker, dkehoe

Recipes for Mongoid

File		Dependencies	Authors
mongoid.rb	Installs Mongoid with the bson_ext gem	Mongoid	dkehoe

Recipes for Devise

File		Dependencies	Authors
devise.rb	Installs Devise	none	dkehoe

Recipes for OmniAuth

File		Dependencies	Authors
omniauth.rb	OmniAuth for authentication	none	dkehoe
omniauth_email.rb	Requests a new uer’s email address when authenticating with Twitter, etc.	OmniAuth	dkehoe

Recipes for Haml

File		Dependencies	Authors
haml.rb	Installs Haml	none	dkehoe

Recipes for the Application Layout

File		Dependencies	Authors
html5.rb	updates application layout, adds front-end framework for HTML5 and CSS	ERB or Haml	dkehoe

Recipes for the Example Apps

File		Dependencies	Authors
add_user.rb	adds User model for use with OmniAuth or Devise	none	dkehoe
navigation.rb	Add navigation links to the default application layout	none	dkehoe
home_page.rb	Create a home controller, route, and simple view	ERB or Haml	dkehoe
home_page_users.rb	Modify a home page to display a list of users	Home controller, User model, ERB or Haml	dkehoe
seed_database.rb	Adds a db/seeds.rb file to initialize a database	none	dkehoe
users_page.rb	Add a home page containing links to User pages	User model, ERB or Haml	dkehoe