Use the prefab-patterns gem to import design patterns into your rails app from the command line. All the patterns are imported from prefab patterns marketplace. The patterns are very opinionated; from their file location to the markup itself. The objective of the prefab-patterns-gem and prefab-patterns-marketplace are to encourage scalability of an app, the standardization of patterns via views, and to be able to generate a true living style guide. No more copy pasta.

We got our idea for rendering design patterns using a method from Mountain View, and the notion for pre-made design patterns from Refills.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "prefab_patterns", git: 'git://github.com/jasonramirez/prefab-patterns.git'

And then execute:

$ bundle

With prefab_patterns you can import a pattern directly into your rails app. The directory structure is highly opinionated, so at this time we don't allow for any customization of file placement.

To import a pattern into your rails app from the command line:

$ prefab_patterns import pattern_name

Will create these files:

• app/views/patterns/pattern_name.html.erb

• app/assets/scripts/patterns/pattern_name.coffee

• app/assets/styles/patterns/pattern_name.scss

• Importing a pattern will overwrite files without warning.

We use a helper method to render a design pattern into your markup. You pass locales to populate the content of the pattern:

<%= render_pattern(:card, title: "title", text: "some text"); %>

<%= object.each do %>
  <%= render_pattern(:card, title: object.title, text: object.text); %>
<% end %>

You can generate a style guide that will show you all of the patterns in your application. Generate the routes for the style guide with the following command line command:

$ patterns generate style_guide

Will create these files:

• app/controllers/patterns_controller.rb

• app/views/patterns/style_guide.html.erb

And modify:

• routes.rb

We are using this repo's Github issues to manage features in the works, feature requests, bugs and all questions related to this gem.

This gem is currently at version 0.0.1 so use at your own risk.

• Importing a pattern will overwrite files without warning.

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/prefab-patterns/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request