sow.rb

#
#  Basic Ruby script to create a new project for basic web development
#
#  Author: David Duggins
#  Email: [email protected]
#
#  Created: 5/4/2010
#  License: GPL2
#

require 'fileutils'
#OPTIONS

# Here you can define the directory structure that you want on the base level
dir_structure = ['stylesheets','javascript','images','db']

# This makes sure that a variable has been passed
if ARGV.length == 0
  puts "Please enter the name of your Project"
  exit 0
end

# Sets the project name
project = ARGV[0]
FileUtils.mkdir_p project
puts "#{project}:CREATED"
FileUtils.cd project

# Runs through the array defined in options to create the Directory Structure.

dir_structure.each do |i|
  FileUtils.mkdir_p i
  puts "#{i}:CREATED"
end

Here is a little bit of code I created to help me throw up some basic structure. I use TextMate for my coding and this is just a simple and expandable script that I can use to get a project started.