Thinking Sphinx with Sinatra

app.rb

# Super simple sample app. You'll need to create config and log directories to make everything happy, but beyond that, should be smooth sailing with the latest from GitHub (not in a gem release just yet).
# mkdir -p config
# mkdir -p log

require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'mysql'
require 'active_record'
require 'thinking-sphinx'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  'adapter'  => 'mysql',
  'database' => 'thinking_sphinx',
  'username' => 'root'
)

ActiveSupport.on_load :active_record do
  include ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord
end

class Alpha < ActiveRecord::Base
  define_index do
    indexes :name
  end
end

get '/' do
  '<ul>' + 
  Alpha.search.collect { |a| "<li>#{a.name}</li>" }.join('') +
  '</ul>'
end

Rakefile

require 'app'
require 'thinking_sphinx/tasks'