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h2. Rails Application Templates

This guide covers the Rails application templates, By referring to this guide, you will be able to:

* Use existing templates to generate a customized Rails application
* Write your own reusable Rails application templates

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h3. Introduction

Application templates are simple ruby files containing DSL for adding plugins/gems/initializers etc. to your freshly created Rails project or an existing Rails project.

h3. Changelog

"Lighthouse ticket":http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides/tickets/78

* April 17, 2009: Initial version by "Pratik":credits.html#lifo