active record here we go

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# installing gems
gem install bundler

# install bundler should already be here on dbc machines
bundle install

# creating database
# makes two dbs - one for model, one test 
bundle exec rake db:create 

# check the db count version 
bundle exec rake db:version

# run test suite 
# calls all the rspec
bundle exec rake spec

# migrate
bundle exec rake db:migrate

# go to irb console 
bundle exec rake console

# rollback the bass
bundle exec rake db:rollback

# drop the whole thing 
# rm -rf db/#[dbs]
bundle exec rake db:drop

# make a migration file 
bundle exec rake generate:migration NAME=create_rating