My rails 3 app template

templator.rb

# Cleaning up and extending the Gemfile
remove_file 'Gemfile'
create_file 'Gemfile', <<-GEMFILE
source 'http://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '3.2.8'

# Bundle edge Rails instead:
# gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'

gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'pg', :group => :production


# Gems used only for assets and not required
# in production environments by default.
group :assets do
  gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.3'
  gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'

  # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
  # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby

  gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
end

gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'twitter-bootstrap-rails'
gem 'backbone-rails'
gem 'haml-rails'
gem 'haml-coffee'
gem 'faraday'
gem 'warden'

# To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'

# To use Jbuilder templates for JSON
# gem 'jbuilder'

# Use unicorn as the app server
# gem 'unicorn'

# Deploy with Capistrano
# gem 'capistrano'

group :production, :test, :cucumber, :development do
  # gem 'aws-s3'
  # gem 'paperclip'
  gem 'cancan'
end

group :test, :cucumber, :development do
  gem 'pry'
  gem 'ffaker'
  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
  gem 'factory_girl_generator'
end

group :test, :cucumber do
  gem 'rack-test', :git => "https://github.com/hassox/rack-test.git"
  gem 'capybara'
  gem 'capybara-envjs', '= 0.4.0'
  gem 'cucumber-rails'
  gem 'pickle'
  gem 'timecop'
  gem 'launchy'
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'turn', :require => False #Pretty printed test output
  gem 'fredo'
end

group :development do
  gem 'wirble'
  gem 'awesome_print'
  gem 'ruby-debug'
end
GEMFILE

# Initializers and loading
application 'config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)'

create_file 'config/secrets.yml.template', <<-SECRETS
# Environment secrets
S3_KEY: somekey
S3_SECRET: somesecret
S3_BUCKET: my-own-bucket
SECRETS

File.open('config/environment.rb', 'r+') do |env|
  environment = env.read
  env.pos = 0  
  secrets = <<-ENVIRONMENT
require 'yaml'
# Load the environment variables
unless ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'production'
  begin
    YAML.load_file(File.expand_path('secrets.yml', File.dirname(__FILE__))).each do |key, value|
      ENV[key] = value
    end
  rescue
    raise "Error loading secrets configuration, please edit config/secrets.yml"
  end
end
  
ENVIRONMENT
  env << secrets
  env << environment
end


# Generators
application <<-GENERATORS
  config.generators do |g|
    g.template_engine :haml
    g.test_framework      :rspec, :fixture => true, :views => false
    g.integration_tool    :cucumber
    g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl, :dir => "spec/factories"
  end
GENERATORS

# A good way to reach your own generators
# empty_directory 'lib/generators'
# git :clone => "--depth 0 https://github.com/leshill/rails3-app.git lib/generators"
# remove_dir  'lib/generators/.git'
# remove_file 'lib/generators/app.rb'

# Middleware
application <<-MIDDLEWARE
    # config.middleware.use Warden::Manager do |manager|
    #   manager.default_strategies :sign_in
    #   manager.failure_app = SessionsController.action(:unauthorized)
    #   manager.serialize_into_session {|user| user.id}
    #   manager.serialize_from_session {|id| User.find(id)}
    # end
    
    # config.middleware.delete 'Sass::Plugin::Rack'
MIDDLEWARE


# Assets cleanup
remove_file "README"
remove_file "LICENSE"
remove_file "public/index.html"
remove_file "public/favicon.ico"
remove_file "public/robots.txt"
remove_file "public/images/rails.png"

readme = <<-README
=#{app_name.humanize}
=== A Rails 3 application


== Copyright

Copyright (c) #{Time.now.year} Leandro Pedroni. See LICENSE for details.
README
create_file "README.md", readme

# how do I output errors from the bundle install??
run 'bundle install --without production'

# After the app responds
rake "db:migrate"
rake "secret"

generate "rspec:install"
generate "cucumber:install --rspec --capybara"
generate "pickle --paths --email"

# Git

gitignore = <<-GITIGNORE
  .bundle
  db/*.sqlite3
  log/*.log
  tmp/**/*
  .DS_Store
  **/.DS_Store
  db/schema.rb
  config/secrets.yml
  vendor/cache/*
GITIGNORE

remove_file '.gitignore'
create_file '.gitignore', gitignore
git :init
git :add    => "."
git :commit => "-a -m 'Initial Commit'"

# Print documentation

docs = <<-DOCS

Good luck developing #{app_name.humanize}!

DOCS

log docs

Here's how to run the template:

rails new my_app_name -J -T -m https://gist.github.com/562360.txt

To do:

• Add to the picke paths:

  when /^"(.+)"$/
  $1

• Start using rvm and gemsets