How to setup cucumber for non-rails web apps

non-rails-cucumber-howto.txt

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RVM Install
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$ bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)

$ echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function' >> ~/.bash_profile

$ source .bash_profile

$ type rvm | head -1
(should return "rvm in a function")

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev

$ rvm install 1.9.2

$ rvm use 1.9.2 --default

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Cucumber Install
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$ gem install cucumber capybara rspec bundler

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Project setup
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<top-level-directory>
   config/
      cucumber.yml
   features/
      support/
         env.rb
         something_module.rb
      step_definitions/
         page_steps.rb
      something.feature

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config/cucumber.yml
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default: --tags ~@wip --format progress --format junit --out=path/to/junit/reports
wip: --tags @wip --format progress

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features/support/env.rb
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require 'rubygems'
require 'rspec'
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'capybara/cucumber'
$LOAD_PATH.push File.dirname(__FILE__)

require 'something_module'

Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
   Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome)
end

Capybara.default_selector = :css
Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Capybara.app_host = 'localhost:8080'
Capybara.run_server = false

World(SomethingModule)

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features/step_definitions/page_steps.rb
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When /^I go to the "([^"]*)" page$/  do |page|
  visit path_to(page)
end

Then /^I should see "([^"]*)"$/ do |text|
  page.should have_content(text)
end

And /^I don't fill in anything$/ do
end

And /^I fill in "([^"]*)" with "([^"]*)"$/ do |field, value|
  fill_in(field, :with => value)
end

And /^I press "([^"]*)"$/ do |button|
  click_button(button)
end

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features/support/something_module.rb
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module SomethingModule
  def path_to(page_name)
    page = ''
    if page_name == 'home'
      page = '/'
    elsif page_name == 'foo'
      page = '/bar'
    end

    "/#{page}"
  end
end

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Run cukes!
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$ cucumber