How to Install Smashing on macOS

Smashing is an open-source web framework for building dashboards. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install Smashing on macOS.

Prerequisites

• macOS version 10.8 Mountain Lion or higher
• Ruby version 2.5.0 or higher installed

Installation

1. Open your terminal.

2. Install the bundler gem by running this command:

   gem install bundler

3. Create a new directory for your Smashing project:

   mkdir my_dashboard

4. Move to the new directory:

   cd my_dashboard

5. Initialize a new Smashing project with the following command:

   smashing new smashing-dashboard

6. Move to the newly created directory:

   cd smashing-dashboard

7. Install the necessary dependencies by running:

   bundle install

8. Start the server by running:

   smashing start

9. Navigate to http://localhost:3030 on your web browser to view your Smashing dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Smashing on macOS.

Additional Notes

• You can edit your dashboard by modifying the files in the smashing-dashboard directory.
• To stop the server, press Ctrl + C in your terminal.

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