Toolsmith

A crafty tool to craft crafty UI's.

Install

In your projects gemfile, slap this in there:

gem "toolsmith"

Then...

bundle install

Profit.

Usage

When including toolsmith CSS and JS, you automatically get the Bootstrap CSS / JS for free as well.

CSS

In your application.scss file, include an import directive like so:

import "toolsmith";

You also have toolsmith-responsive has an option, which includes bootstrap-responsive and any other responsive designs provided.

Javascript

#= require toolsmith

What do I get?

Toolsmith's aim is to provide very common UI components with simple methods. Things like Page Headers, Flash messages, etc...

As an example:

<%= page_header "Projects", @project.name do |header| %>
  <% header.button title: "Edit", path: edit_project_path(@project), icon: "pencil" %>
  <% header.button title: "Delete", path: project_path(@project), icon: "trash", anchor: anchor: { method: :delete, confirm: "Are you sure?" } %>
<% end %>

Gives you something like this for free: