Scripting iTerm 2

nextlot.scpt

(* Note: `cdnr` and `cdnem` are custom aliases for this project *)

tell application "iTerm"
  (* Creates a new window for our project *)
  set newWindow to (create window with default profile)
  select first window
  tell the current window
    
    (* cd to rails directory and start server *)
    activate current session
    tell the current session
      write text "cdnr;"
      write text "thin start -C dev/thin.yml;"
    end
    
    (* creates a new tab *)
    set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
    select last tab
    (* cd to rails directory and start sidekiq *)
    tell the current session
      write text "cdnr;"
      write text "sidekiq;"
    end tell

    (* creates a new tab *)
    set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
    select last tab
    (* cd to ember directory and start server *)
    tell the current session
      write text "cdnem;"
      write text "ember s;"
    end tell

    (* creates a new tab *)
    set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
    select last tab
    (* cd to rails directory *)
    tell the current session
      write text "cdnr;"
      write text "clear;"
    end tell

    (* creates a new tab *)
    set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
    select last tab
    (* cd to ember directory *)
    tell the current session
      write text "cdnem;"
      write text "clear;"
    end tell
  end tell
end tell

The goal of this script is to create a new iTerm window with 5 tabs.
Tab 1) Runs the rails server
Tab 2) Runs sidekiq on the rails server
Tab 3) Runs the ember-cli server
Tab 4) cd to the rails application (for running bundle install or rake tasks)
Tab 5) cd to the ember application (for running npm install or bower install)