title: RailsApp to (kind of) Standalone?
body: <p>I did a first small Rails-App. I thought about running it purely localy at a friends computer (It is made to track his students payments, for different schools).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a chance to do a small Ruby-Programm that:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Starts the internal Rails-Server</li>
  <li>(optional: open the Standard-Browser)</li>
  <li>Saves a copy of the database on shutdown (in case of a crash)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>General question: Is this even possible (without learning c)?</p>
  
  <p>I download "SHOES" - which was the first 'tool' that seemed suitable for my task. Any link, clue or tutorial would be appreciated, thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong>
  I used WEBrick while developing, and I also would use it in "deployment". The problem behind my question: I want to run it on a friends computer who is not into computers that much, so using the pc-console would not be the first choice.</p>