first model.

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sqlite

config/init.rb

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 require 'sqlite3'
 
 configure :development do
-  set :database, 'sqlite://tmp/development.sqlite'
+  set :database, 'sqlite://development.sqlite'
 end
 configure :test do
   set :database, 'sqlite3::memory:'
 end
 
-require 'config/migrations'
+require 'config/migrations'
+
+Dir["models/**/*.rb"].each{|model|
+  require model
+}

config/migrations.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Migrations will run automatically. The DSL like wrapper syntax is courtesy 
+# of sinatra-sequel
+#
+# For details on sequel's schema modifications, check out:
+# http://sequel.rubyforge.org/rdoc/files/doc/schema_rdoc.html
+
+migration "create the people table" do
+  database.create_table :people do
+    primary_key :id 
+    string      :name
+  end
+end

models/person.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Person < Sequel::Model
+  def validate
+    errors.add(:name, "can't be empty") if name.nil? || name.empty?
+  end
+end

spec/models/person_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+describe Person do
+  describe "validations" do
+   it "should require a name" do
+    Person.new().should_not be_valid
+    Person.new(:name => '').should_not be_valid
+    Person.new(:name => "Maggie").should be_valid
+   end
+  end
+end