Startblock

Startblock is the base Rails application used at Firmhouse.

Installation

First install the startblock gem:

$ gem install startblock

Then run:

$ startblock projectname

this will create a Rails app in projectname using the latest version of Rails.

Gemfile

To see the latest and greatest gems, look at Startblock' Gemfile.

Other goodies

Startblock also comes with:

The ./bin/setup convention for new developer setup based on the rails 4.2 standard.
Rails' flashes set up and in application layout
An automatically-created SECRET_KEY_BASE environment variable in all environments
Mixpanel integration
A basic README

Dependencies

Startblock requires Ruby 2.1.5.

Some gems included in Startblock have native extensions. You should have GCC installed on your machine before generating an app with Startblock.

Use Command Line Tools for XCode for Lion (OS X 10.7) or Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).

PostgreSQL needs to be installed and running for the db:create rake task.

Issues

If you have problems, please create a GitHub Issue.

Credits

This gem is cloned from the Suspenders project and formatted to the wishes we have at Firmhouse. The main idea of this gem goes out to the amazing people at Thoughtbot.

firmhouse / Startblock

readme