<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>Administrate is a library for Ruby on Rails applications that automatically generates admin dashboards. These dashboards provide a clean and easy-to-use interface for non-technical users to manage records in the application. Administrate aims to provide a better user experience for site admins and be easier for developers to customize compared to other similar libraries like Rails Admin and ActiveAdmin.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Automatic generation of admin dashboards</li>
<li>Clean interfaces for creating, editing, searching, and deleting records</li>
<li>Customizable appearance, behavior, and contents of the dashboard</li>
<li>No DSLs (domain-specific languages)</li>
<li>Support for standard tools such as plain Rails controllers and views</li>
<li>Modular architecture with core components and plugins</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>Clearance is a Rails authentication gem designed to provide simple and well-tested email and password authentication. It offers opinionated defaults but is easily customizable, making it ideal for developers seeking a straightforward authentication solution.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Rails Authentication:</strong> Allows users to authenticate using email and password.</li>
<li><strong>Ease of Configuration:</strong> Intended to be small and simple with easy customization options.</li>
<li><strong>Compatibility:</strong> Tested against Rails version 6.1 and Ruby version 3.0.0.</li>
<li><strong>Access Control:</strong> Provides tools like require_login filter for controlling access to controller actions.</li>
<li><strong>Helper Methods:</strong> Includes useful methods like current_user, signed_in?, and signed_out? for easy integration.</li>
<li><strong>Password Resets:</strong> Facilitates password reset functionality through email notifications.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Domain Support:</strong> Supports configurations involving multiple domains with the option to set cookie_domain as a callable object.</li>
<li><strong>Rack Application Integration:</strong> Adds session to the Rack environment hash for seamless interaction with middleware and other Rack applications.</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>factory_bot is a fixtures replacement tool that offers a simple definition syntax. It supports various build strategies, multiple factories for the same class, and factory inheritance. It is an essential tool for Rails developers looking to streamline their testing processes.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Straightforward Definition Syntax:</strong> Easy-to-understand syntax for defining fixtures.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Build Strategies:</strong> Supports saved instances, unsaved instances, attribute hashes, and stubbed objects.</li>
<li><strong>Support for Multiple Factories:</strong> Allows the creation of multiple factories for the same class, enabling customization.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Summary:</h2>
<p>factory_bot is a versatile fixture replacement tool with a user-friendly syntax and support for various build strategies. It simplifies the process of creating fixtures for testing in Rails applications, making it an essential tool for developers looking to enhance their testing workflows.</p>


<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>factory_bot_rails is a gem that provides Rails integration for factory_bot, a fixtures replacement gem. It offers support for multiple build strategies, multiple factories for the same class, and factory inheritance. This gem streamlines the process of defining and using factories for testing in Ruby on Rails projects.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fixture Replacement</strong>: Simplifies the process of defining fixtures with a clear syntax.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Build Strategies</strong>: Supports saved instances, unsaved instances, attribute hashes, and stubbed objects.</li>
<li><strong>Factory Inheritance</strong>: Allows for the creation of multiple factories for the same class with inheritance support.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Factory Definition Loading</strong>: Automatically loads factories defined in specific locations within the Rails project.</li>
<li><strong>Generators</strong>: Integrates with Rails generators to create factories instead of fixtures.</li>
<li><strong>Configuration Options</strong>: Provides flexibility for configuring test suites and factory generation settings.</li>
<li><strong>Customization</strong>: Allows for customization of factory generation paths, file names, and templates.</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>Griddler, a Rails engine, has been deprecated as of June 6, 2024, in favor of ActionMailbox, which is now built into Rails. It allows for receiving emails in a Rails app by providing an endpoint for services to convert incoming emails to HTTP POST requests and parse them to provide a built email object.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Receive emails in your Rails app</strong>: Griddler provides an endpoint for services to convert incoming emails to HTTP POST requests.</li>
<li><strong>Rails Engine</strong>: Griddler is a Rails engine that facilitates the handling of incoming emails in Rails applications.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Configuration Options</strong>: Griddler offers customization options such as setting the processor class, email representation class, and supported email services.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>Griddler, a deprecated Rails engine, provided a convenient way to handle incoming emails in Rails applications by converting emails to HTTP POST requests. While deprecated in favor of ActionMailbox, Griddler offered features like customizable configuration options and seamless integration with email services like SendGrid. If still using Griddler, ensure compatibility with future Rails updates and consider transitioning to ActionMailbox for continued email handling capabilities.</p>


<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>High Voltage is a Rails engine for static pages that is currently in maintenance mode. While new features are not actively being added, the developers are focusing on bug fixes and ensuring compatibility with the latest Ruby and Rails versions.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Static Pages</strong>: Create static pages such as "About us" or "Directions".</li>
<li><strong>Easy Installation</strong>: Two simple ways to install High Voltage either by running a specific command or including it in your Gemfile.</li>
<li><strong>Nested Pages</strong>: Organize your static pages in a directory structure for better URL structuring.</li>
<li><strong>Configuration Options</strong>: Customize routing, root paths, and page titles/meta-data easily.</li>
<li><strong>Top-level Routes</strong>: Serve up routes from the root of the domain path.</li>
<li><strong>Caching</strong>: Although built-in caching support has been removed in High Voltage, caching can still be implemented using Rails methods.</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>The Middleman Template is a base Middleman application used by thoughtbot, designed for deployment to Netlify. It requires Ruby 2.6.6 for usage and provides a template with various features and tools such as middleman-aria_current, middleman-autoprefixer, Sass, Bourbon, Bitters, Redcarpet, and more. The template also includes configuration for continuous integration with CircleCI, style checks with Hound, and linting with stylelint and ESLint.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>middleman-aria_current:</strong> Extension for indicating a current link using aria-current.</li>
<li><strong>middleman-autoprefixer:</strong> Automatically vendor-prefixes stylesheets.</li>
<li><strong>middleman-inline_svg:</strong> Extension for inlining SVGs in views.</li>
<li><strong>middleman-minify-html:</strong> Minifies whitespace around HTML during site build.</li>
<li><strong>Sass:</strong> CSS pre-processor.</li>
<li><strong>Bourbon:</strong> Sass tool set.</li>
<li><strong>Bitters:</strong> Scaffold styles, variables, and structure.</li>
<li><strong>normalize.css:</strong> Modern CSS "reset".</li>
<li><strong>Continuous Integration:</strong> Configuration with CircleCI.</li>
<li><strong>Style Checks:</strong> Hound comments on style violations in GitHub pull requests.</li>
<li><strong>Linting:</strong> stylelint for CSS and Sass, ESLint for JavaScript.</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>The Paul Revere gem is designed for Rails applications to easily include "one off" announcements. It provides a model called Announcement, view helpers, and view partials to display announcements to site users.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Model: Announcement</strong> with timestamps and a "body" text column</li>
<li><strong>current class method</strong> returns the latest announcement or a new unsaved instance</li>
<li><strong>view helpers:</strong> #current_announcement and announcement_visibility_allowed?</li>
<li><strong>view partials:</strong> _public_announcement, _private_announcement, and _email_announcement</li>
<li><strong>Installation via Gemfile</strong> and migration setup</li>
<li><strong>Usage:</strong> including announcements in view and mailer code</li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> MIT License for redistributing under specified terms</li>
</ul>


<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>Shoulda Matchers Gem provides one-liners compatible with RSpec and Minitest for testing common Rails functionality more efficiently. By automating complex and error-prone test scenarios, developers can save time and reduce manual errors in the testing process.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>RSpect and Minitest Compatibility:</strong> Supports both RSpec and Minitest test frameworks.</li>
<li><strong>One-Liners:</strong> Provides concise one-liners for testing common Rails functionality.</li>
<li><strong>ActiveModel and ActiveRecord Matchers:</strong> Includes matchers specific to ActiveModel and ActiveRecord functionalities.</li>
<li><strong>Easy Configuration:</strong> Simple configuration process to specify which matchers to use in tests.</li>
</ul>
<h3>RSpec</h3>
<ol>
<li>Add shoulda-matchers to your Gemfile:
<pre><code>gem 'shoulda-matchers'
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>Run bundle install.</li>
<li>Configure the gem in spec/rails_helper.rb for Rails apps or spec/spec_helper.rb for non-Rails apps.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Minitest</h3>
<ol>
<li>Add shoulda-matchers to your Gemfile:</li>
</ol>


<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>Suspenders is a base Rails application used by thoughtbot. It provides a convenient starting point for building Rails apps with a set of pre-configured features and integrations.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Circle CI Continuous Integration</li>
<li>GitHub auto deploys to Heroku staging and review apps</li>
<li>Sidekiq for background processing</li>
<li>High Voltage for static pages</li>
<li>Honeybadger for exception notification</li>
<li>OjPostgres for access to the Postgres database</li>
<li>Rack Canonical Host to ensure all requests are served from the same domain</li>
<li>Rack Timeout to abort requests that are taking too long</li>
<li>Recipient Interceptor to avoid accidentally sending emails to real people from staging</li>
<li>Simple Form for form markup and style</li>
<li>Skylight for monitoring performance</li>
<li>Title for storing titles in translations</li>
<li>Dotenv for loading environment variables</li>
<li>Pry Rails for interactively exploring objects</li>
</ul>


Thoughtbot

Administrate

Clearance

Factory_bot

Factory_bot_rails

Griddler

High_voltage

Middleman Template

Paul_revere

Shoulda Matchers

Suspenders