Welcome to my new blog series on building a project management app with Ruby on Rails 7, which integrates with ChatGPT! This app will help software house teams easily create Project Briefings and Project Plans by providing simple prompts and basic information. We'll utilize the OpenAI API to draft comprehensive documents such as creative briefs, project briefings, statements of work, and project management plans.
Step 1: Setting up a New Rails 7 Project
First, make sure you have Rails 7 installed. If not, install it with the following command:
gem install rails --pre
Now, create a new Rails 7 project:
rails new chatgpt_project_management --database=postgresql --webpacker cd chatgpt_project_management
Configure your database in config/database.yml, and then run:
rails db:create rails db:migrate
Step 2: Installing Devise
Add the Devise gem to your Gemfile and run bundle install:
gem 'devise'
Run the Devise generator:
rails generate devise:install
Follow the instructions output by the generator to complete the setup.
Step 3: Creating a User Model
Let's create a User model for authentication:
rails generate devise User rails db:migrate
Step 4: Setting up OpenAI API
Add the OpenAI Ruby gem to your Gemfile:
gem 'openai'
Run bundle install.
Next, create an initializer for the OpenAI API configuration:
touch config/initializers/openai.rb
Add the following code to config/initializers/openai.rb, replacing your_api_key with your actual API key:
require 'openai' Openai.configure do |config| config.api_key = "your_api_key" end
Remember to add config/initializers/openai.rb to your .gitignore file to avoid exposing your API key in version control.
Step 5: Creating Models for Project Briefings and Project Plans
Generate models for ProjectBriefing and ProjectPlan:
rails generate model ProjectBriefing title:string description:text user:references rails generate model ProjectPlan title:string description:text user:references rails db:migrate
That's it for Part 1! In this post, we've set up a new Rails 7 project, installed Devise for authentication, created a User model, and configured the OpenAI API. We've also generated models for Project Briefings and Project Plans.
In the next post, we'll dive into creating controllers and views for our app, integrating with the OpenAI API to draft comprehensive documents, and implementing project briefing and project plan creation functionalities. Stay tuned!