Monolith Template

This repository serves as a default template for a monolithic Ruby on Rails (RoR) application. It includes a pre-configured setup with essential gems and tools to streamline development.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Customize
• Gems
• Rake Tasks
• Docker Setup
• Contact

Installation

1. Clone:

git clone https://github.com/Grigore-George-Mihai/default_template

Customize

• Update the project name to reflect your application.
• Customize the Devise configuration as only basic setup is included; adjust it to suit your specific authentication requirements.
• Modify or remove the settings for Scout APM, Rollbar, and PgHero as needed, based on your performance, error tracking, and database monitoring requirements.
• Run the following rake task to create your environment files:

  rake env:setup

  • After running the task, open the newly created .env.development and .env.test files to modify them with the appropriate environment-specific variables as needed.
• Create DB and seed:

  rails db:create db:migrate db:seed

Gems

Database and Monitoring

• pg: PostgreSQL driver for Ruby, providing fast and efficient database connectivity.
• PgHero: A tool for monitoring PostgreSQL database performance, including query insights, index suggestions, and table size analysis.

Authentication

• Devise: Flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden.

Admin Interface

• ActiveAdmin: A flexible and extensible admin framework for Ruby on Rails applications, making it easy to build custom admin panels.
• ActiveAdmin Addons: Enhances ActiveAdmin with additional features like input widgets, searchable selects, and improved UI components for better admin interfaces.

Background Processing

• Sidekiq: Efficient background processing for Ruby applications.
• Sidekiq-Scheduler: Extends Sidekiq to support scheduled and recurring jobs using a simple configuration.
• Redis: In-memory data structure store used by Sidekiq for managing background job queues, scheduling, and retries.

Decorator and Forms

• Draper: Helps in decorating models with additional presentation logic.
• Simple Form: Simplifies form creation with a clean and flexible syntax.

Performance Monitoring

• Scout APM: Application monitoring tool.
• Bullet: Detects N+1 queries and unused eager loading.
• Rack Mini Profiler: Performance profiling tool.

Error Tracking

• Rollbar: Real-time error tracking and reporting.

Debugging

• Byebug: Debugging tool for Ruby applications.

Code Quality & Linting

• Rubocop Rails Suite: A custom suite that bundles Rubocop with various plugins for Rails projects.

Testing

• Factory Bot Rails: Provides fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax.
• Faker: A library for generating fake data.
• RSpec Rails: Testing framework for Rails.
• Shoulda Matchers: Simplifies testing Rails applications with RSpec.
• SimpleCov: Code coverage analysis tool.
• Rspec-Sidekiq: Testing framework for Sidekiq jobs.

Security

• Brakeman: Static analysis tool for finding security vulnerabilities in Rails applications.
• Bundler Audit: Scans your Gemfile for known vulnerabilities.

Environment Management

• Dotenv Rails: Loads environment variables from .env.

Rake Tasks

Security Check

• Run the following rake task to check for security risks in your application:

  rake security:check

  • This task runs tools like Brakeman and Bundler Audit to ensure your application is secure.

Docker Setup

• If you prefer to run the application inside a Docker container, follow these steps:

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker-compose build

2. Start the Application and services:

   docker-compose up

3. Stop the Application:

   docker-compose down

4. Remove named Volumes:

   docker-compose down --volumes

Contact

For questions or further information, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn.