App Lego
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This document discusses the evolution of bootstrapping Rails applications from the initial Rails generation to modular templates called App Lego. It outlines how initial Rails apps took a lot of time to set up, then skeletons and templates sped things up but lacked modularity. App Lego used templates in a modular way, allowing developers to choose which features or modules to include. Each module is its own template that can be included. The document acknowledges some downsides like long command lines but outlines future plans to improve the user experience.
App Lego
- 1. Bootstrapping Project Code László Bácsi @icanscale github.com/lackac 2009. szeptember 28.
- 2. In the old days $ rails myapp create create app/controllers create app/helpers create app/models create app/views/layouts create config/environments create config/initializers create config/locales create db create doc create lib and later... $ script/plugin install stuff $ script/generate stuff MyStuff $ cp -r ../other_stuff my_other_stuff $ # and much much more other stuff 2009. szeptember 28.
- 3. Takes a lot of time and effort but it’s “modular” 2009. szeptember 28.
- 4. Then came app skeletons Bort and many others 2009. szeptember 28.
- 5. Lightning fast but no modularity 2009. szeptember 28.
- 6. Then came Rails templates # template.rb run "rm public/index.html" generate(:scaffold, "person name:string") route "map.root :controller => 'people'" rake("db:migrate") git :init git :add => "." git :commit => "-a -m 'Initial commit'" $ rails myapp -m template.rb 2009. szeptember 28.
- 7. Lightning fast, easier customization but still no modularity 2009. szeptember 28.
- 8. Then came App LEGO Using Rails templates Modular each feature has its own template you can decide which modules you want 2009. szeptember 28.
- 9. Then came App LEGO $ rails -m http://github.com/lackac/app_lego/raw/master/app_lego.rb my_app ... create log/test.log applying template: http://github.com/lackac/app_lego/raw/master/app_lego.rb Use braid for vendor management? y Do you want to play LEGO? y Install everything without question? n Do basic setup? (only exclude this if you already have a Rails app skeleton with Rails 2.3+ frozen, or as a gem) y applying template: http://github.com/lackac/app_lego/raw/master/basic.rb executing rmdir tmp/{pids,sessions,sockets,cache} from /private/tmp/my_app executing rm README log/*.log public/index.html public/images/rails.png from /private/tmp/my_app executing find . ( -type d -empty ) -and ( -not -regex ./.git.* ) -exec touch {}/.gitignore ; from / private/tmp/my_app running git init file .gitignore executing cp config/database.yml config/database.yml.sample from /private/tmp/my_app running git add . running git commit -a -m 'Setting up a new rails app. Copy config/database.yml.sample to config/ database.yml and customize.' executing braid add git://github.com/rails/rails.git vendor/rails from /private/tmp/my_app initialized application structure applied http://github.com/lackac/app_lego/raw/master/basic.rb Use RSpec instead of test/unit? y applying template: http://github.com/lackac/app_lego/raw/master/rspec.rb ... 2009. szeptember 28.
- 10. Modules are plain templates gem 'haml', :version => '>= 2.1' gem 'chriseppstein-compass', :lib => 'compass', :version => '>= 0.3.4' run "haml --rails ." run "echo -e 'ynnn' | compass --rails -f blueprint" git :add => "." git :commit => "-a -m 'Added haml for views and compass for css'" braid auth basic couchdb rspec locale haml misc jquery and others... 2009. szeptember 28.
- 11. And others... 2009. szeptember 28.
- 12. Still fast, modular and customizable 2009. szeptember 28.
- 13. Downsides really long command line to remember a lot of questions options in ENV vars 2009. szeptember 28.
- 14. Future create wrapper script use dependencies instead of ordering use regular and meaningful command line options simple sinatra application as a user interface merge interesting modules 2009. szeptember 28.
- 15. Thank you! László Bácsi, @icanscale http://github.com/lackac/app_lego 2009. szeptember 28.