RailsApps

I’ve completed the Rails 5.1 update for Book Two of my book series Learn Ruby on Rails.
It’s important to have an accurate and up-to-date tutorial for beginners getting started with Rails. I’ve updated all the code examples in the book for Rails 5.1.
The book shows how to integrate Bootstrap with Rails for layout and styling. Rails 5.1 drops jQuery which is required by Bootstrap so I’ve updated the book to show how to add a jQuery gem and modify the application.js manifest....

On June 5, 2017 we successfully concluded a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to update Rails Composer for Rails 5.1. 122 backers pledged $6,963. I’m always awed at the community support for the project. Thank you!
With support from the community, I will work on a new version of Rails Composer and update the RailsApps example applications for Rails 5.1....

At the end of April I was invited to speak about Rails Composer at the RubyHACK conference in Salt Lake City. Half the audience already knew about Rails Composer and everyone was very enthusiastic. Judging from the response, Rails Composer has become...

Today I finished updating the RailsApps example applications for Rails 5.0.
I currently maintain eleven example applications on GitHub, ranging from simple to moderately complex. The Rails Composer tool will generate any of the example applications. You can use the example applications as starter applications. Or use the example...