https://github.com/justalever/kickoff_tailwind

A rapid Rails 7 application template for personal use bundled with Tailwind CSS
https://github.com/justalever/kickoff_tailwind

rails ruby ruby-on-rails tailwindcss webpack

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A rapid Rails 7 application template for personal use bundled with Tailwind CSS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/justalever/kickoff_tailwind
• Owner: justalever
• Created: 2018-11-09T16:47:51.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-13T08:48:09.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-04T05:18:19.300Z (5 days ago)
• Topics: rails, ruby, ruby-on-rails, tailwindcss, webpack
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: https://webcrunch.com
• Size: 72.3 KB
• Stars: 579
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 144
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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README

        
![Kickoff Tailwind](https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/webcrunch/kt.jpg)

A free and simple starting point for Ruby on Rails 7 applications.. This particular template utilizes [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/), a utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

### Included gems

- [devise](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise)

- [friendly_id](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id)

- [sidekiq](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq)

- [name_of_person](https://github.com/basecamp/name_of_person)

- [stripe](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ruby)

- [css-bundling](https://github.com/rails/cssbundling-rails) - now part of Rails 7

### Tailwind CSS by default

This template comes with Tailwind CSS preconfigured for use. To make use of tools like `@apply` and `@layer` a more sophisticated setup is required likely using PostCSS and JavaScript bundling.

## How it works

When creating a new rails app simply pass the template filename and ruby extension through. I opt for esbuild instead of the default importmap configuration for JavaScript.

```bash

$ rails new sample_app -j esbuild -m template.rb

```

### Once installed what do I get?

- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwind.com) by default. You may [opt for Bootstrap, Bulma, Sass, and PostCSS](https://github.com/rails/cssbundling-rails#installation) but this will require manual changes to the existing markup in the generated template view files.

- [Devise](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise) with a new `name` field already migrated in. The name field maps to the `first_name` and `last_name` fields in the database thanks to the [`name_of_person`](https://github.com/basecamp/name_of_person) gem.

- Enhanced views and devise views using Tailwind CSS.

- The [Stripe](https://rubygems.org/gems/stripe/) gem installed with the Stripe API to make accepting payments on the web. Be sure to add your own unique API keys.

- Support for Friendly IDs thanks to the handy [friendly_id](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id) gem. Note that you'll still need to do some work inside your models for this to work. This template installs the gem and runs the associated generator.

- Optional Foreman support. Run `.bin/dev` to kick off rails and Tailwind processes. Foreman needs to be installed as a global gem on your system for this to work. i.e. `gem install foreman`

- Custom view helper defaults for basic button and form elements.

- Scaffolding templates made with Tailwind CSS

### Boot it up

`$ ./bin/dev`

### Watch an overview

📹 Coming soon!

### Credits

Made by @justalever (yours truly). Find me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/justalever), [web-crunch.com](https://web-crunch.com), [GitHub](https://github.com/justalever).