Whiteboard
An intellectually satisfying way to start new rails projects. Figure out the basics of your app in a file, then run it to generate a basic rails skeleton with all the config options, gems, models, views, and controllers you want.
Installation
It's simple.
$ gem install whiteboard
Usage
Run $ whiteboard new to generate a sample Whiteboard file. Edit that file then run $ whiteboard run to generate your Rails app. If you want to see the commands we generate without really running them, run $ whiteboard run --test.
Example Whiteboard file
require "whiteboard"
include Whiteboard
# Generate app
Whiteboard::App.new do
name 'TestApp' # the only required field
# skip_bundle! # skip individual options
# skip! ['git', 'test-unit'] # skip multiple things
database 'postgresql' # defaults to sqlite, possible options are
# the rails defaults (not mongo, unfortunately)
ruby_version '2.1.2' # generates .ruby-version file
ruby_gemset 'testapp-gemset' # generates .ruby-gemset file
gems ['omniauth', 'omniauth-twitter'] # appends to Gemfile
gems ['twitter', ['rack', '>=1.0']] # appends gem with version specified
end
# Generate User model
Whiteboard::Model.new do
name 'User'
field :name, :string
field :email, :string
field :password_digest, :string
end
# Generate Post Model
Whiteboard::Model.new do
name 'Post'
field :title, :string
field :body, :text
field :user_id, :references, :index
end
# User controller
Whiteboard::Controller.new do
name 'Users'
actions [:index, :new, :show]
endContributing
- Fork this repo
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request