Creating a Rails Application from Scratch

1. Navigate to base Rails applications folder and execute:
• rails new newAppName -T
• The -T prevents rails generating Test::Unit files - we'll use RSpec
2. Copy/create three required files from a base application:
• .autotest
• .gitignore
• Gemfile
3. Install new gems with:
• bundle install
4. Generate files required by RSpec:
• rails generate rspec:install
5. Add switches to .rspec:
• --colour
• --drb
6. Bootstrap Spork:
• bundle exec spork --bootstrap
7. Initialise the Git repository:
• git init
• git add .
• git commit -m "Initial Commit"
8. Update the application README contents, then change to use the markdown extension:
• git mv README README.markdown
• git commit -a -m "Improved the README"

Optional:

1. Create remote repo - on GitHub, Unfuddle, etc. Push code to remote repo regularly.
2. Deploy app to Heroku:
• git push heroku master