DA-Suspenders is a base Rails application that you can upgrade.

This is a fork of thoughtbot's original Suspenders, customized to our needs.

Installation

First install the da-suspenders gem:

gem install da-suspenders

Then run:

da-suspenders create projectname

This will create a Rails 3.2 app in projectname. This script creates a new git repository. It is not meant to be used against an existing repo.

Mongoid

If you want to create an app using Mongoid pass the --with-mongoid option:

da-suspenders create projectname --with-mongoid

Trout

DA-Suspenders uses Trout to make it easier to maintain a base version of special files (like Gemfile) in Suspenders.

Whenever you want to get the latest and greatest files from DA-Suspenders’, run:

trout update-all

You can use trout list to check which files are tracked by Trout, and trout update FILENAME if you want to update just a single file only.

Gemfile

To see the latest and greatest gems, look at DA-Suspenders' template/trout/Gemfile, which will be copied into your projectname/Gemfile.

It includes application gems like:

• bootstrap-sass, bringing Twitter Bootstrap to the Rails asset pipeline.
• Compass, a Sass-based CSS Meta-Framework
• Kaminari for easy pagination (view templates modified to be compatible with Bootstrap)
• Paperclip or CarrierWave for file uploads
• simple_form for better forms
• Devise and CanCan for authentication and authorization
• AppConfig for simple application configuration
• Airbrake for exception notification
• da-js, our collection of small, useful JavaScripts

And testing gems like:

• Steak and Capybara-Webkit for integration testing including Javascript behavior
• RSpec for awesome, readable isolation testing
• Factory Girl for easier creation of test data
• Timecop for dealing with time
• Pry, a powerful alternative to IRB (try binding.pry inside a test method)

Some gems are commented out by default in the Gemfile – just uncomment the ones you want to use.

Other goodies

DA-Suspenders also comes with:

• Additional staging environment.
• German localization and timezone setting.
• Rails' flashes set up and in application layout.

See template/files to see what is installed via Trout.

Credits

DA-Suspenders is created by DIE ANTWORT, based on Suspenders created and funded by thoughtbot, inc.