public controller

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$ gem install rails
$ rails new testapp
$ cd testapp

If you would like to serve a local copy of the welcome page for Rails.

$ rails generate controller public
$ cd config

# copy this code into routes.rb

Testapp::Application.routes.draw do
  root :to => 'public#index'
end

# find the public/index.html welcome page that used to come in a new app but is now serverd somewhere from rails gem.
$ mkdir ./app/views/public
$ cp ./public/index.html ./app/views/public/index.html.erb
$ rails server
$ firefox http://localhost:3000/