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Rails Basic Template

Reference: https://github.com/HK-WDI-November-2014/student-course-everything/blob/master/simple-rails-app.md

Ruby on Rails

• Gemfile: A file that defines libraries the app is using
• bundle install: Based on the Gemfile, install all the libraries
• You should run bundle install every time you modify your Gemfile
• A gem is a library for Ruby
• RubyGems.org is a place to find and download Ruby gems

New Rails App

1. rails new -GBT

2. bundle install

3. Change the following in the Gemfile

	# use '4.1.6' for heroku
gem 'rails', '4.1.6'
	# Use postgresql as the database for Production
gem 'pg', group: :production
	# Use sqlite3 as the database for Development
gem 'sqlite3', group: :development
	# Bootstrap
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.3.0'

4. Run bundle install

5. Uncomment and change in routes.rb

  root 'static_pages#index'

6. Generate a controller called static_pages

rails generate controller static_pages

7. Add a view called index.html under static_pages view folder

8. Change application.css to application.css.scss

9. Add the following line to the end of application.css.scss

@import "bootstrap-sprockets";
@import "bootstrap";

10. Add .gitignore File

Deploy to Heroku

1. In config/production.rb, change the following

config.serve_static_assets = false

to

config.serve_static_assets = true

2. heroku create
3. Commit your changes
4. git push heroic master