In this recipe, we will set up a simple blogging application that we'll use throughout the rest of the chapter. It's a simple Rails application that has had no performance enhancements. With each recipe in this chapter, you'll learn different ways to make it faster.
Note
Completed code samples for each recipe are available in the separate branches of the project's GitHub repository at https://github.com/mscoutermarsh/blogger-app.
Here, we will get the example application up and running on your local machine. We'll then deploy it to Heroku. Let's begin by opening up a terminal using the following steps:
First, we'll need to get a copy of the source code by cloning the Git repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/mscoutermarsh/blogger-app.git
Next, let's navigate to the new directory and install the application's gems:
$ cd blogger-app $ bundle install