Thor script to get setup in your rails environment in iTerm

rails.rb

##
# This thor script launches an applescript that starts new tabs in iTerm for 
# rails server, rails console and runs the test suite based on the directory
# that the script is run from.
#
# Installation:
#     thor install rails.rb
#
# Usage:
#     thor rails:iterm
#
# @author Luke Ledet <[email protected]>

class Rails < Thor
  desc "iterm", "start up the current rails application in several iterm tabs"
  def iterm
    cwd = Dir.pwd

    applescript = <<-AS
    set project_dir to "#{cwd}"

    tell application "iTerm"
      activate
      set term to current terminal

      tell term
        set _session to current session

        tell _session
          write text "cd " & project_dir
          write text "rails server"
        end tell

        launch session "Default"

        set _session to current session

        tell _session
          write text "cd " & project_dir
          write text "rails console"
        end tell

        launch session "Default"

        set _session to current session

        tell _session
          write text "cd " & project_dir
          write text "rake"
        end tell
      end tell
    end tell
    AS

    `echo '#{applescript}' | osascript`
  end
end