Make sure you're using Ruby 1.9.3
bundle install
rake db:migrate
rails server
Go to localhost:3000 to see your site.
You need to create a Facebook Developer App in order to test the app locally.
Go Here: https://developers.facebook.com/apps Create a new app. Set the FACEBOOK_APP_ID and FACEBOOK_SECRET environment variables.
You might encounter problems with Postgres. If you have a Mac, use Brew to install Postgres.
brew install postgres
Make sure you restart your computer and if you're still having issues, run these commands:
rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=65536
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.2.3/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
createdb calaborate_development
If that doesn't work, there are many StackOverflow posts that hopefully will be able to solve your problem.
Fire up the Rails Console
rails console
From there you can query the database, for example:
User.all
Course.all
u = User.first
u.courses
The first command gets all the users, the second gets all the courses. The third gets the first user on the app and the fourth line grabs all the user's courses.