This starter tool utilizes many tools I have used over and over for development and attempts to wrap them all into a sensible starting place. It includes the following tools

1. Bower - for js package managment http://bower.io/
2. Grunt - to run processes like jshint, compass, live reload etc.. http://gruntjs.com/
3. Bootstrap 3 - don't just use it on its own it is a framework :) http://getbootstrap.com/
4. Watch with Live reload - Runs all the grunt tasks and reloads the webpage once upload to shopify is completed. https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch
5. Compass - This Sass add on comes with sass and a bunch of helpers to make your life easier. http://compass-style.org/
6. Grunt Shopify - Once configured this will upload the updated files to shopify. https://github.com/wilr/grunt-shopify
7. Shopify Skeleton theme - The skeleton template theme is included although slightly altered to work with above technologies. https://github.com/Shopify/skeleton-theme
8. Grunt modernizr - Custom modernizr build based on what your are using https://github.com/Modernizr/grunt-modernizr
9. jshint - offers useful advice about how to improve your js https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-jshint
10. grunt concat - concatinates all js files into a single file - https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-concat
11. grunt concat bower - same thing but understand bowers folder structure - https://github.com/sapegin/grunt-bower-concat
12. grunt uglify - minimizes your javascript - https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-uglify
13. Bundler - manages ruby dependencies like compass - bundler.io

1. Clone this repo
2. Make sure you have ruby, bundler, npm, grunt, and bower installed. You can read about installing these on their respective documentations.
3. Install grunt modules - npm install
4. Install bower components - bower install
5. Setup your api, password and store url in the Gruntfile.js

//upload changed files to shopify
shopify: {
  options: {
    api_key: "API key",
    password: "pass",
    url: "url",
    base: "shop/"
  }
},

6. Setup your live reload browser plugin.
7. Setup you bundler components - bundle install
8. Run grunt watch.
9. Start coding.
10. World domination!

When you run grunt watch it starts up grunt and watches for you to edit your files. It watches the following files for changes:

1. /sass/*.scss
2. /custom_js/*.js
3. Bower additions
4. the following folder in the shop directory "shop/assets/", "shop/config/", "shop/snippets/", "shop/layout/", "shop/templates/**" depending on the action you took it will minimize/lint javascript, run css pre-processors, upload changed files to your shopify theme and reload your browser so you can view changes.

├──Shop
      ├── assets
      │   └── Javascript, CSS, and theme images - generated from ../custom_js and ../sass folders
      ├── config
      │   └── custom Theme Settings
      ├── layout
      │   ├── theme.liquid
      │   └── optional alternate layouts
      ├── snippets
      │   └── optional custom code snippets
      ├── templates
      │   ├── 404.liquid
      │   ├── article.liquid
      │   ├── blog.liquid
      │   ├── cart.liquid
      │   ├── collection.liquid
      │   ├── index.liquid
      │   ├── page.liquid
      │   ├── product.liquid
      │   └── search.liquid
      │   └── list-collections.liquid
├──bower_components
├──build
├──custom_js
          ├──javascript used in the store pre compression
├──Node Modules
├──sass
          ├──Compass and sass stylesheets for the store pre compression
├──.sass-cache

If you are looking for some starter email templates check out https://github.com/Cam/Shopify-HTML-Email-Templates