Suspenders

screenshot of Suspenders
rails

A Rails template with our standard defaults.

Overview:

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.

Features:

  • Circle CI Continuous Integration
  • GitHub auto deploys to Heroku staging and review apps
  • Sidekiq for background processing
  • High Voltage for static pages
  • Honeybadger for exception notification
  • OjPostgres for access to the Postgres database
  • Rack Canonical Host to ensure all requests are served from the same domain
  • Rack Timeout to abort requests that are taking too long
  • Recipient Interceptor to avoid accidentally sending emails to real people from staging
  • Simple Form for form markup and style
  • Skylight for monitoring performance
  • Title for storing titles in translations
  • Dotenv for loading environment variables
  • Pry Rails for interactively exploring objects
rails
Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails, often referred to as Rails, is an open-source web application framework written in Ruby. Known for its convention over configuration and don't repeat yourself (DRY) principles, Rails simplifies and accelerates the development of database-backed web applications.

template
Templates & Themes

A template or theme refers to a pre-designed layout or structure that provides a basic framework for building a specific type of application or website. It typically includes good design, placeholder content and functional features, allowing developers to customize and fill in the details according to their specific needs.