Ruby 1.9.2, Rails 3, Riak and Ripple

Here is a simple example to get you started.

Prerequisites

1. Install Riak via Homebrew (brew install riak)
2. Install Ruby 1.9.2 via RVM (rvm install 1.9.2-rc2)
3. Rails3 via RubyGems (gem install rails --pre)

Version Disclosure
This is what I'm using.  Things change, and YMMV.

• Ruby 1.9.2 RC2
• Rails 3 Beta 4
• Ripple edge (cb087f6)
• Riak 0.12.0 on Erlang R13B04

Step By Step

1. > rails new myapp
2. > cd myapp
3. Edit Gemfile like so:
   
   source 'http://rubygems.org'
   gem 'rails', '3.0.0.beta4'
   gem 'ripple', :git => 'http://github.com/seancribbs/ripple.git'
   gem 'curb'
   
   
4. > bundle install
5. Edit config/database.yml like so:
   
   ripple:
     development:
       port: 8098
       host: localhost
   
   
6. Create app/models/post.rb:
   
   require 'ripple'
   class Post
     include Ripple::Document
     property :title,   String, :presence => true
     property :body,    String
   end
   
   
7. > riak start
8. > rails console

Have Fun!