Simple bash script to quickly fire up your Rails working environment.

dev_start.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function displaying wrong usage information
# Proper usage is: ./dev_start.sh Rails-Project-Folder
usage()
{
cat << EOF
usage: $0 Rails-Project-Folder
EOF
}

# Display usage info when no arg is passed  
PROJECT=$1
if [[ -z $PROJECT ]]
then
  usage
  exit 1
fi

# Seting some variables
BASH_LOGIN="/bin/bash -l -c"
RVM_RELOAD="rvm reload"
SERVER_URL="localhost:3000"
SUBLIME_PATH="/usr/bin/subl"
# Warning: code below will work only if you've cloned repo using ssh link
GITHUB_URL=`cat $PWD/$1/.git/config | \
            awk '/\[remote "origin"\]/{seen = 1} seen {print}' | \
            grep -m 1 url | \
            sed -e 's/:/\//' -e 's/url = git@//' -e 's/\.git//'`
APP_URLS="$SERVER_URL $GITHUB_URL"

# Set vars for terminal windows
# TERMINAL 1 - rails server
SERVER_TITLE="[SERVER]"
SERVER_PROFILE="Rails-server"
SERVER_COMMAND="bundle exec rails s"

# TERMINAL 2 - guard for testing
GUARD_TITLE="[GUARD]"
GUARD_PROFILE="Rails-guard"
GUARD_COMMAND="bundle exec guard"

# TERMINAL 3 - rails console
CONSOLE_TITLE="[CONSOLE]"
CONSOLE_PROFILE="Rails-console"
CONSOLE_COMMAND="bundle exec rails c"

# Kick your console with 3 tabs
gnome-terminal --working-directory="$PWD/$PROJECT" \
               --tab-with-profile=$SERVER_PROFILE --title=$SERVER_TITLE \
               -e "$BASH_LOGIN \"$RVM_RELOAD && $SERVER_COMMAND\"" \
               \
               --tab-with-profile=$GUARD_PROFILE --title=$GUARD_TITLE \
               -e "$BASH_LOGIN \"$RVM_RELOAD && $GUARD_COMMAND\"" \
               \
               --tab-with-profile=$CONSOLE_PROFILE --title=$CONSOLE_TITLE \
               -e "$BASH_LOGIN \"$RVM_RELOAD && $CONSOLE_COMMAND\""

# Kick text editor of your choice (sublime)
/usr/bin/nohup nice $SUBLIME_PATH -a $PWD/$PROJECT/. >/dev/null 2>&1 &

# Kick a browser with app and other tabs (like github for example)
sleep 10 # wait for rails s to start
chromium-browser --new-window --fast-start $APP_URLS 1>/dev/null &