Some snippets to build a Sinatra+Mongoid app

config.ru

require 'init'

set :run, false
set :environment, :production
set :mongo_db, 'my_db'

run Sinatra::Application

Gemfile

source :rubygems
source :rubyforge

gem 'sinatra'
gem 'sinatra-mongoid', :require => 'sinatra/mongoid'
gem 'bson_ext'
gem 'activesupport'

group :test do
  gem 'rspec'
  gem 'rack-test'
  gem 'test-unit', '1.2.3'
  gem 'awesome_print'
end

init.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'sinatra/mongoid'
require 'active_support'

# Set the not found page for URIs that don't match to any specified route.
not_found do
  status 404
end

# Set page of occoured a error (Internal Server Error).
error do
  status 500
end

# Load lib files.
Dir["lib/**/*.rb"].each { |file| load file }

# Load the application.
Dir["app/**/*.rb"].each { |file| load file }

spec_helper.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'spec'
require 'spec/autorun'
require 'spec/interop/test'
require 'rack/test'
require 'ap'

require 'init'
require 'data/xml'

set :environment, :test
set :run, false
set :raise_errors, true
set :logging, false

module Sinatra
  module Test
    module App
      def app
        Sinatra::Application
      end
    end
  end
end

Spec::Runner.configure do |conf|
  conf.include Rack::Test::Methods
  conf.include Sinatra::Test::App
end

# To improve readability such as:
# this { new_order.save! }.should raise_error Mongoid::Errors::Validations
alias :this :lambda