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Add the following to your Gemfile
:
gem 'nifty'
and mount the app in your apps.rb
:
Padrino.mount("Nifty::App").to("/nifty")
For development, this gem can be run as a standalone Padrino application as you would expect from a normal one:
$ bundle exec padrino start
The Rakefile also works like the normal Padrino one and supports all standard components.