- Improves readability and maintainability of the Makefile.
- Introduces help target for displaying available make targets and environment variables.
- Enhances asset compilation process.
- Simplifies authentication setup.
- Clarifies target dependencies and descriptions.

- Reformats the Rails startup log message to cleanup previous whitespace
- Only appends `server.server_url` if provided
- Renames variables for better understanding

- Moves commented-out local gem paths to development group

- Prioritises loading dependencies (libraries, gems, engines) before custom application code to prevent dependency issues.
- Ensures custom application code loads last to guarantee all dependencies are available.
- Retains `require_tree .` at the end to avoid loading order conflicts.

- Removes the `sass-rails` gem.
- Addresses end-of-life status of Ruby Sass.

- Updates gems in the Gemfile to address end-of-life (EOL) status and incorporate newer versions.
- Replaces deprecated gems with actively maintained alternatives.
- Introduces Bootstrap 5 and related dependencies for improved front-end styling.
- Includes dotenv gem to manage environment variables for different environments.
- Adds dartsass-sprockets for handling Sass compilation.
- Sorts the Gemfile alphabetically for improved readability.

Relates to #158

- Configures Autoprefixer to generate source maps. This assists in debugging CSS by mapping compiled CSS back to the original Sass files.
- Registers a custom Autoprefixer processor within the Rails asset pipeline. This ensures that the source maps are correctly generated during asset compilation.
- Adapts to different Sprockets versions, using either `register_bundle_processor` or `register_postprocessor` based on the Sprockets version, ensuring compatibility across different Rails versions.

- Configures sass to improve development debugging and production performance.
- Prevents sass deprecation warnings from cluttering logs.
- Enables sass source maps in development to simplify debugging css issues.
- Compresses sass output in production to reduce file sizes.
- Clarifies the purpose of the API_SERVICE_URL environment variable.

- Reduces the number of required Rails frameworks to only those in use.
- Specifies default group for bundler to ensure environment-specific gems are loaded correctly.
- Improves application boot time by reducing unnecessary dependencies.

Applies Bootstrap grid system to improve responsiveness:

- Wraps partial renders in rows and columns for better layout control
- Improves the structure of error pages and landing pages
- Ensures consistent presentation across different screen sizes

- Updates the asset pipeline configuration to manage favicon assets.
- This ensures favicons are correctly served and referenced within the application.

- Adds Bootstrap and Popper.js to the application's JavaScript manifest.
- Supports the upgrade of Ruby Sass due to end-of-life by providing necessary front-end dependencies for Bootstrap.

specific to #158

- Suppresses Sass `@import` deprecation warnings.
- Aids migration to modern `@use` and `@forward` syntax by quieting noisy deprecation messages.
- Prevents these warnings from cluttering the console during development.

- Introduces new stylesheet files for landing pages and qonsole components.
- Refactors application.scss to import required stylesheets, addressing end-of-life concerns for ruby-sass.
- Modifies an error page to improve layout using bootstrap grid classes.

Refs #158

- Updates ruby sass dependencies due to end-of-life.
- Removes explicit `bootstrap` gem to align with `lr_common_styles` dependency.
- Updates `faraday` and related gems to the latest versions.

- Adds an `update` task to the Makefile.
- Allows interactive review and update of dependencies.
- Checks for outdated Ruby gems using `bundle outdated`.
- Checks for outdated JavaScript dependencies using `yarn upgrade-interactive` if `yarn` is installed.
- Can be ported to all projects to aide in dependency update tasks

- Created a TODO markdown file to reflect completed and pending tasks

Related specifically to #158

- Documents migration from `sass-rails` to `DartSass` for continued CSS support.
- Documents addition of Bootstrap framework dependencies for enhanced styling.
- Documents updates to asset pipeline configuration for performance improvements.
- Documents enabling Autoprefixer source maps for better CSS debugging.
- Documents streamlining of Rails framework loading configuration.
- Documents updates to Sass configuration for compatibility with new toolchain.

Ref #158