Bootstrappers
Bootstrappers is the base Rails application using Bootstrap template and other goodies.
Overview
Bootstrappers is a base Rails application that utilizes the Bootstrap template along with other useful features. It provides an easy-to-install gem and offers a range of gems for various functionalities such as view/SCSS, photo upload, social/SEO, deployment, and more.
Features
- View / SCSS: Includes Bootstrap SCSS and Bootstrap Helper for easy styling.
- SimpleForm: A gem that simplifies form creation in Rails applications.
- WillPaginate: Allows for easy pagination of data in Rails applications.
- Compass: A CSS authoring framework that provides a range of useful utilities.
- Photo Upload: Includes CarrierWave gem for easy handling of photo uploads.
- Social / SEO: Provides gems like SeoHelper and OpenGraphHelper for optimizing social and SEO aspects of the application.
- Deploy: Utilizes Capistrano and caper to simplify the deployment process.
- Airbrake: Allows for easy integration with Airbrake for error monitoring.
- NewRelic RPM: Provides integration with NewRelic for application performance monitoring.
- Turbo Sprockets for Rails 3.2.x: Speeds up the rake assets:precompile process in Rails 3 applications.
- Speeds up Rails rake, includes gems like CommandLineMagic encoding, Annotate, Settingslogic, PryDev, Environments, and Better Errors.
Summary
Bootstrappers is a comprehensive base Rails application that incorporates the Bootstrap template and provides various additional gems for enhanced functionality. It simplifies the installation process with a dedicated gem and offers a range of features such as easy styling, form creation, pagination, photo upload, social/SEO optimization, deployment automation, error monitoring, and more. With Bootstrappers, Rails development becomes more efficient and streamlined.