I have been using Sinatra for a while, and have loved every moment of it. It's so simple create any type of application, from REST APIs to database applications. It's only problem is that it doesn't have a scaffolding tool, neither a command line tool. I found it quite frustrating at times, when I had to make quick apps, with it. So I tried to fix it.

Instead of creating a whole rubygem just for my small problem, I created a boilerplate for Sinatra, so all I had to do was copy or git clone the code, and I'd been on my way. I created it a while back, and a lot of people have been asking me about how my Sinatra apps are so well structured, and so I thought I'd open-source the code, just like I did for my static boilerplate project.

It contains the following gems :-

• sinatra - the gem itself.
• sinatra-contrib - some extensions for Sinatra
• sinatra-assetpack - asset management for Sinatra
• sinatra-static-assets - some helper methods for static content in 'public'
• sinatra-flash - flash messages in Sinatra
• datamapper - for the databases
• dm-migrations - Migrations to help with DataMapper
• dm-sqlite-adapter - A DataMapper adapter for SQLite. I love SQLite.
• rack - ruby web server handler, needed for heroku deployment

For some static content, it uses :-

• Twitter Bootstrap 3
• jQuery
• Modernizr

The app has been split into some what of an MVC format. Yeah, weird I know, but I designed for little more complex Sinatra apps, if you're going for large projects - Just use Rails. It'll help in the long run, Rails has a lot more to offer. Eventually I'll branch out another version of the boilerplate in a single file format, so check the branches of this repository if there is one.

I hope to help the community with this project.

Do let me know what you think about it, by tweeting at me.