How to Install and Use Postgres On OS X For Ruby and Rails Development

Thanks to @samullen & this @peterc vid & this SO question I got past my postgres demon! Thanks!

I hang out in #nwrug on Freenode, the IRC channel of a Ruby user group here in the UK, and floated the idea of doing a PostgreSQL (a.k.a. Postgres) installation tutorial for Ruby Inside. Coincidentally, it turned out 37signals sysadmin Will Jessop was already working on one so, I present.. Setting up PostgreSQL for Ruby on Rails development on OS X by Will Jessop :-) The Article.. Will's post is a walkthrough of the process from sitting at an empty terminal prompt through to having a barebones Rails 3 app running on a Postgres powered database. It's entirely Mac OS X focused , so don't expect to enjoy it too much if you're on Linux or Windows! Will covers: installation (super simple with Homebrew ) start/stop controls for OS X initialization user creation database setup installing the pg gem Or, the Screencast! I still wanted to bring something to the table despite Will's ...

Full article: http://www.rubyinside.com/how-to-install-and-use-postgres...