Setup a rails application and get going quickly

rails_template.rb

# rails new <APP_NAME> -d mysql -m rails_template.rb

gem "zurb-foundation"
gem "backbone-on-rails", "~> 0.9.2"
gem "mysql2"
gem "jbuilder"
gem "factory_girl_rails", "~> 1.7.0", :group => [:development, :test]
gem "mocha", "~> 0.10.5", :require => false, :group => [:test]
gem "capybara", :group => [:test]

gem_group :development do
  gem "capistrano"
  gem "capistrano-ext"
end

run "bundle install"

capify!
create_file "config/deploy/production.rb"

remove_file "public/index.html"
application do
<<-eos
config.generators do |g|
  g.test_framework :test_unit, :fixture_replacement => :factory_girl
end
eos
end

remove_file "test/test_helper.rb"
create_file "test/test_helper.rb", <<-eos
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
require 'rails/test_help'

class ActiveSupport::TestCase
  require "test/unit"
  require "mocha"
end
eos

create_file "test/integration_test_helper.rb", <<-eos
require "test_helper"
require "capybara/rails"

class ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  include Capybara::DSL
  
  teardown do
    Capybara.reset_sessions!    # Forget the (simulated) browser state
    Capybara.use_default_driver
    ActionMailer::Base.deliveries = []
  end
end
eos

db_yml_file = <<-eos
defaults: &defaults
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password:

development:
  database: #{app_name}_development
  <<: *defaults

test:
  database: #{app_name}_test
  <<: *defaults

production:
  database: #{app_name}_development
  <<: *defaults
eos
remove_file "config/database.yml"
create_file "config/database.yml", db_yml_file
create_file "config/database.yml.sample", db_yml_file

run "bundle exec rake db:create RAILS_ENV=development"
run "bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development"

# Setup Foundation for HAML
remove_file "app/views/layouts/application.html.erb"
generate "foundation:install"
generate "foundation:layout"

# Setup Backbone
generate "backbone:install --javascript"

# Clean up sprockets file
remove_file "app/assets/javascripts/application.js"
create_file "app/assets/javascripts/application.js", <<-eos
//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require foundation
//= require underscore
//= require backbone
//= require #{app_name}
//= require_tree ../templates
//= require_tree ./models
//= require_tree ./collections
//= require_tree ./views
//= require_tree ./routers

eos

remove_dir "test/fixtures"
create_file "test/factories.rb", <<-eos
FactoryGirl.define do
end
eos

append_to_file ".gitignore", "config/*.yml"
git :init
git :add => "."
git :commit => "-m 'initial commit'"