This program requires cucumber, respec, and webrat to run the tests, along wth the rails gems. To begin, start the development server: $ ruby script/server Then, to create and populate the database with sample data: $ rake db:migrate && rake db:seed From there you may load the program in your web browser by going to: http://localhost:3000 To run the tests, from the rails root directory: $ cucumber Documentation for the application can be found in RAILS_ROOT/doc/app