Instructions to deploy this application: (requires a running instance of mysql) For more information, see my blog post at http://davidrenz.net (bit.ly/fqFAH9) git clone git@github.com:drenz/RandomRow.git cd RandomRow bundle install # configure the database to match your install vim config/database.yml rake db:setup RAILS_ENV="development" # configure load the sample tweets mysql -u root -p -D RandomRow_development < db/tweets.sql rails s In a web browser, go to localhost:3000/tweets