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.