---- http://samuelstern.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/making-a-simple-database-driven-website-with-sinatra-and-heroku/ ++++ Tutorial regarding how to create an application using sinatra and postgres ---- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7975556/how-to-start-postgresql-server-on-mac-os-x ++++ how to start postgres server (information can also be obtained using `brew info postgres` pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start how to stop postgres server pg_ctl -D /usr/lcoal/var/postgres stop -s -m fast how to get status of server pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres status get listen addresses egrep 'listen|port' /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf ---- http://alvinalexander.com/blog/post/postgresql/how-start-postgres-postgresql-server-mac-osx ++++ to create a database createdb [database-name] ---- http://alvinalexander.com/blog/post/postgresql/log-in-postgresql-database ++++ to connect to the database 'development' psql development to force psql to prompt for password psql -d development -U [username] -W ---- http://superuser.com/questions/324616/how-should-i-set-the-path-variable-on-my-mac-so-the-hombrew-installed-tools-are ++++ Describes how to force OS to use brew-installed tools rather than default tools