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Expand Up @@ -48,14 +48,46 @@ The generator adds these core files, among others:
* `app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.scss`
* `config/initializers/active_admin.rb`

Now, migrate and seed your database before starting the server:
Now, migrate and seed your database:

```sh
rails db:migrate
rails db:seed
rails server
```

These instructions suggest using the `cssbundling-rails` and `importmap-rails`
gems for a streamlined asset management setup. However, this is not mandatory,
and you can handle asset bundling in any way that suits your needs, as long as
it works effectively.

If you haven't installed and configured `cssbundling-rails` and
`importmap-rails`, please run:
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Yes this is necessary, but their setup might change. It's easiest to just say install and configure cssbundling-rails and importmap-rails


```sh
bundle add importmap-rails
rails importmap:install
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As far as I know from my upgrade experience - it's also not necessary.

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rails importmap:install is not necessary because it is being performed by rails g active_admin:install


bundle add cssbundling-rails
rails css:install:tailwind
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It's not necessary to install tailwind. One can run command rails css:install and it should work.

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I mean, gem 'tailwindcss-rails' may not be installed

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Install the npm package:

```sh
yarn add @activeadmin/activeadmin@4.0.0-beta13
npm pkg set scripts.build:css="tailwindcss -i ./app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.css -o ./app/assets/builds/active_admin.css --minify -c tailwind-active_admin.config.js"
```

If you are already using Tailwind in your app, then update the `build:css` script
to chain the above command to your existing one, e.g. `"tailwindcss ... && tailwindcss ..."`,
so both stylesheets are generated.

Now you can start the server and the CSS builder:

```sh
bin/dev
```
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I think for those who doesn't have Procfile.dev you should give another option:

yarn build:css 
rails s


Visit `http://localhost:3000/admin` and log in as the default user:

* __User__: admin@example.com
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