default_sinatra

A skeleton of a default classic Sinatra application

Prominent items in use:

• Bootstrap framework in the sample content
• Sinatra Contrib
• Active Support and Active Record (Postgres)
• RSpec, Capybara, Factory Bot, Faker
• Rubocop

Check out the rake tasks: bundle exec rake -T

Setup

Create environment variables

vi .env.development.local

export APP_ENV=development
export APPLICATION_NAME=default_sinatra
export DATABASE_HOST=localhost

Load environment variables

source .env.development.local

Database

There is an option to run postgres in Docker, or use another database server.

Start

docker-compose up -d db

Create & Migrate

bundle exec rake db:create
bundle exec rake db:migrate

Application

Run

Run it locally or build and run it as a docker container.

bundle exec rackup

docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d app

Developing

Definitions and recommendations oh how to develop using this Sinatra skeleton.

Database

Settings located in config/database.yml

Create a migration

bundle exec rake db:new_migration name=<name of migration>

Models

Add models to app/models and organize how you prefer.

Routing

Add routes to app/routes and organize how you prefer.

Views

Add html/erb files to app/views and organize how you prefer.

Recommendation: organize models, routing and views in a similar manner.

Helpers

A few helpers to advance the application.

stylesheet_controller

Adds extra stylesheets to that page, if defined

• In layout head section: <%= stylesheet_controller %>
• In route: stylesheet :'views/main.css'
• In public path: /stylesheets/views/main.css

javascript_controller

Adds extra javascript to that page, if defined

• In layout just before body close: <%= javascript_controller %>
• In route: javascript :'views/main.css'
• In public path: /javascripts/views/main.css

License and Copyright

Copyright 2012-2019, Nick Willever

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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