Create a Rails / Postgres Database after generating a new app

In the excitement of scaffolding a rails project, more often than not I forget to create the database, resulting in a moment or two of confusion. Thankfully, if you have CreateDB installed its as simple as entering one command into a terminal prompt.

createdb your_database_name

CreateDB can also do some other amazing stuff, but thanks to the rails way of doing things you will only use them occasionally. Check out this Tutorials Point article for overview of everything CreateDB that you might wish to know.

Hopefully this will now stick 🙂