A Template for Rails 5 Apps with MySQL, Capistrano, Devise

Despite my recent focus on Elixir, I still make most of my money doing Rails. Here's a template that Dv and I put together yesterday for a modern Rails 5 app:

• Devise
• Bootstrap
• MySQL
• Capistrano
• Docker (not entirely finished yet but it is a start)

GitHub Template for a new Rails App

Fork it, clone it, bundle install and the like. Enjoy. I've done this so many times recently that I thought it was better to do it once and then use that as a baseline moving forward.

Notes on Devise

If you're trying to understand Devise and how its changed in Rails 5 then you'll need these links:

• https://www.sitepoint.com/devise-authentication-in-depth/
• https://launchschool.com/blog/how-to-use-devise-in-rails-for-authentication
• https://github.com/plataformatec/devise

Personally I have a love / hate relationship with Devise. It always feels hard to get started (part of the reason I made a template) but I have huge respect for the degree of outstanding great work, love and care that Platformatec put into it.