The rails_api_base was originally created to be used as a backend API, but it evolved to be more than just that, and now it is also intended to be used for Rails Fullstack apps.
The chosen stack is:
- Hotwire as the frontend framework, including Turbo and Stimulus.
- Tailwind as the CSS framework.
- ViewComponent as the components framework, along with Lookbook for a beautiful dev UI environment.
In order to setup the rails_api_base for fullstack development, run
bin/rails app:template LOCATION=./bin/fullstack.rbin the root of the project and it will automatically install and configure everything you need.
If you want to use Docker and also want the example component to be created, you'll need to run this command so the RSpec test passes.
docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml run --build web ./bin/rails app:template LOCATION=./bin/fullstack.rb