Sinator is a Sinatra based web application generator. Generated application is based on my use cases.

Generated application will be installed these Ruby Gems:

  • sinatra
  • sinatra-contrib
  • encrypted_cookie
  • Sinatra::Reloader in development environment only
  • puma as application server
  • Rack::Session::EncryptedCookie
  • Rack::Csrf
  • sequel
  • sequel_pg as PostgreSQL adapter
  • sprockets
  • sass
  • uglifier
  • tux for console

Installation

gem install sinator

with Bundler, put this code in your Gemfile:

gem 'sinator'

How to Use

generate app in current directory without database

sinator -n my_app

generate app in target directory without database

sinator -n my_app -t target/dir

generate app in current directory with database. -d option will generate app with Sequel ORM and PostgreSQL adapter.

sinator -n my_app -d

Example Application

See github.com/kuntoaji/todo_sinator

Example Usage

This example assume that PostgreSQL is already running and desired database is already exist.

  1. run sinator -n my_app -d
  2. cd my_app
  3. run bundle install
  4. configure your database setting in config/database.yml

  5. create file db/migrations/001_create_artists.rb and put the following code:

    Sequel.migration do
  up do
    create_table(:artists) do
      primary_key :id
      String :name, :null=>false
    end
  end

  down do
    drop_table(:artists)
  end
end
  6. run rake db:migrate

  7. create file app/models/Artist.rb and put the following code:

    class Artist < Sequel::Model
end

  8. create file app/routes/artists.rb and put the following code:

    class MyApp
  get '/artists' do
    @artists = Artist.all
    erb :"artists/index"
  end

  post '/artists' do
    @artist = Artist.new
    @artist.name = params[:name]
    @artist.save

    redirect '/artists'
  end
end

  9. create file app/views/artists/index.erb and put the following code:

    <h1>List of Artist</h1>
<ul>
  <% @artists.each do |artist| %>
    <li><%= artist.name %></li>
  <% end %>
</ul>

<form action="/artists" method="post">
  <%= Rack::Csrf.tag(env) %>
  <input type="text" name="name" />
  <button>Submit</button>
</form>
  10. run the server bundle exec puma
  11. open url localhost:9292/artists