creating a new rails app for Michael Hartl's RailsTutorial

gistfile1.sh

# terminal:

rails new sample_app --skip-test-unit
cd sample_app

# add some gems to your Gemfile:

cat >> Gemfile   

group :production do
  gem 'pg'
end

group :development, :test do
  gem 'rspec-rails'
end

group :test do
  gem 'capybara', '1.1.2'
end

^D

# back in the terminal again:

bundle install --without production

rails generate rspec:install

git init 
git add .   # or git add -A
git commit -m "initial commit"

rake db:migrate
rake  # should say "No examples matching ./spec{,/*/**}/*_spec.rb could be found"

# chapter 3 - static pages
rails generate controller StaticPages home help --no-test-framework