Dashing is a Sinatra-based framework for creating beautiful, real-time dashboards. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Dashing on FreeBSD.
Before we begin, please make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
To install Ruby, we'll use FreeBSD's package manager, pkg. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkg install ruby
Once Ruby is installed, we can install the Bundler gem using the following command:
sudo gem install bundler
Next, let's install Node.js and CoffeeScript using pkg:
sudo pkg install node
sudo pkg install coffee-script
Now that we have all the dependencies installed, let's install Dashing. First, we'll create a new directory for our dashboard:
mkdir mydashboard
cd mydashboard
Next, we'll add Dashing to our project's Gemfile:
nano Gemfile
Add the following line to the end of the file:
gem 'dashing'
Save and exit the file.
Next, we'll install the Dashing gem and its dependencies using Bundler:
bundle install
This may take a few minutes.
Now that Dashing is installed, let's create a new dashboard. You can use the following command to generate a new dashboard:
dashing new mydashboard
This will create a new directory named mydashboard and populate it with the files necessary for a basic Dashing dashboard.
Next, we need to start our dashboard. Change into the mydashboard directory and run the following command:
dashing start
This will start the dashboard and open it in your default browser at http://localhost:3030. Congratulations! You've successfully installed Dashing and created your first dashboard.
In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to install Dashing on FreeBSD and create a basic dashboard. From here, you can customize your dashboard using the many widgets and plugins available at http://dashing.io/. Happy dashboarding!
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