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October 9, 2007

My Rails project workspace script

When I’m ready to start a session working on Tracks on my MacBook, I open up iTerm, and type:

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LukeBlackBook:~ lmelia$ cd devprojects/tracks/
LukeBlackBook:~/devprojects/tracks lmelia$ workspace 

And then, the following happens:

  • A new iTerm session opens, with four tabs:
    • A tab running script/server
    • A tab running script/console
    • A tab running autotest
    • A tab with a prompt in the project directory
  • A new TextMate window opens with the project tree in it’s drawer.
  • A new Firefox tab opens with the http://0.0.0.0:3000/

The magic is enabled by this combination of shell and applescript:

#!/bin/sh

if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
PROJECT_DIR=$PWD
elif [[ $# == 1 && -d “$1″ ]]; then
PROJECT_DIR=”$@”
else
print “usage: workspace.sh ”
return 1
fi
PROJECT_NAME=`basename $PROJECT_DIR`

osascript <<-eof tell application "iTerm" make new terminal tell the last terminal activate current session launch session "Default Session" tell the last session set name to "$PROJECT_NAME" write text "cd \"$PROJECT_DIR\"" write text "clear; ls" end tell launch session "Default Session" tell the last session set name to "server" write text "cd \"$PROJECT_DIR\"" write text "./script/server" end tell launch session "Default Session" tell the last session set name to "console" write text "cd \"$PROJECT_DIR\"" write text "./script/console" end tell launch session "Default Session" tell the last session set name to "autotest" write text "cd \"$PROJECT_DIR\"" write text "autotest" end tell end tell end tell eof open http://0.0.0.0:3000/ mate $PROJECT_DIR [/code] Props to Rob Orsini for the inspiration for this. My version has just minor tweaks from his original.

One Response to “My Rails project workspace script”

  1. Scott Bellware chimed in:

    Yay! Thanks Luke.

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