Start with Rails and Hotwire

Compress the complexity of modern web apps.

Ruby on Rails

Hotwire is an alternative approach to building modern web applications without using much JavaScript by sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire.

Hotwire

Install Rails with Hotwire

Install Rails, skip unnecessary modules for static site generation:

rails new rails-static --skip-docker --skip-action-mailer --skip-action-mailbox --skip-action-text --skip-active-record --skip-active-job --skip-active-storage --skip-action-cable --skip-jbuilder --skip-test --skip-system-test --skip-thruster --skip-ci --skip-kamal --skip-solid

At the time of this guide, the installed versions where Ruby 3.4.5 and Rails 8.0.2.

Commit: Rails and Hotwire

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