Rails – File, New Project… « John Plummer . com

Rails – File, New Project…

Even with RubyMine starting a new project is not simply File, New Project, like the rails new command, it can only take you so far.
It’s not complicated to set up a new Rails project but, as something you are likely to do farily infrequently, it is easy to skip or forget steps or commands. Charles Max Wood has posted a screencast of his Rails set up at what looks to be the start of a great screencast series.

Here is a terse run down of my setup:

rails new appname -J -T -J skips prototype files, -T skips testunit files.
cd appname
rvm --create --rvmrc 1.9.2@appname
rvm rvmrc trust
mvim . or mate . or whatever editor you use.
Amend the /Gemfile (Edit: I’ll update these files as I improve my process, add new gems to the default set and gems are updated/changed)
bundle install
rails g rspec:install
rails g cucumber:install --capybara --rspec --spork
spork --bootstrap
rails g jquery:install -ui
rake db:create
Amend /.gitignore
git flow init Accept the git-flow defaults. I like the structure provided by git-flow and will post on it in the future to explore it more.
git add .
git commit -m "Project skeleton"
git remote add origin git@github.com:JohnPlummer/project_name.git
git push -u origin develop
git push -u origin master

Autotest, Bootstrap, Cucumber, Discover, Exec, Gist, Prototype Files, Rake, Rspec, Skeleton

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#1 by Gady on March 13, 2011 - 17:07

Thanks!
What would you add if you deploy on Heroku ?

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#2 by John on March 13, 2011 - 23:24

Hi Gady,
Not used Heroku yet but they have some good resources on their site. I’ve also seen a good screencast on setting up on Heroku, can’t remember where though .

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