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Last updated 3 December 2013
This is a website and GitHub repository for open source Ruby on Rails example applications.
The example applications include Ruby on Rails introductions for beginners as well as examples for experienced developers. Each application is accompanied by a detailed tutorial. Support for the project, including the example applications and helpful free articles, comes from subscribers to the RailsApps tutorials.
If you’re new to Rails, see What is Ruby on Rails?, the book Learn Ruby on Rails, and recommendations for a Rails tutorial.
Use the Rails Composer tool to generate any of the examples as a starter app. Then customize the code for a complete working Rails web application.
Each example is an open source project. Dozens of developers use the apps, report problems as they arise, and propose solutions as GitHub issues. Rails changes frequently; each application is known to work and serves as your personal “reference implementation” so you can stay up to date. Each is accompanied by a tutorial so there is no mystery code. The tutorials are available to subscribers; subscriptions support the project.
| Examples for Rails 4.0 | Tutorial | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Learn Rails | Learn Ruby on Rails | introduction to Rails for beginners |
| Rails and Bootstrap | Tutorial | starter app for Rails and Twitter Bootstrap |
| Examples for Rails 3.2 | Tutorial | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Twitter Bootstrap, Devise, CanCan | Tutorial | Devise for authentication, CanCan for authorization, Twitter Bootstrap for CSS |
| Rails Membership Site with Stripe | Tutorial | Site with subscription billing using Stripe |
| Rails Membership Site with Recurly | Tutorial | Site with subscription billing using Recurly |
| Startup Prelaunch Signup App | Tutorial | For a startup prelaunch signup site |
| Devise, RSpec, Cucumber | Tutorial | Devise for authentication with ActiveRecord and SQLite for a database |
| Devise, Mongoid | Tutorial | Devise for authentication with a MongoDB datastore |
| OmniAuth, Mongoid | Tutorial | OmniAuth for authentication with a MongoDB datastore |
| Subdomains, Devise, Mongoid | Tutorial | Basecamp-style subdomains with Devise and MongoDB |
Our in-depth articles provide additional background and detail.