diff --git a/sample_app/.rspec b/sample_app/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53607ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--colour
diff --git a/sample_app/Gemfile b/sample_app/Gemfile
index ed9e0a74..96642f13 100644
--- a/sample_app/Gemfile
+++ b/sample_app/Gemfile
@@ -7,23 +7,14 @@ gem 'rails', '3.0.0.beta4'
 
 gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
 
-# Use unicorn as the web server
-# gem 'unicorn'
-
-# Deploy with Capistrano
-# gem 'capistrano'
-
-# To use debugger
-# gem 'ruby-debug'
-
-# Bundle the extra gems:
-# gem 'bj'
-# gem 'nokogiri', '1.4.1'
-# gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
-# gem 'aws-s3', :require => 'aws/s3'
-
-# Bundle gems for certain environments:
-# gem 'rspec', :group => :test
-# group :test do
-#   gem 'webrat'
-# end
+gem 'ar-octopus', :git => 'git://github.com/tchandy/octopus.git', :require => "octopus"
+
+gem 'capybara'
+gem 'database_cleaner'
+gem 'cucumber-rails'
+gem 'cucumber'
+gem 'spork'
+gem 'launchy'   
+gem "rspec-rails", ">= 2.0.0.beta.16"
+gem 'ruby-debug'
+gem "aruba"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample_app/app/models/item.rb b/sample_app/app/models/item.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89606ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/app/models/item.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/app/models/user.rb b/sample_app/app/models/user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a57cf07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/app/models/user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/autotest/discover.rb b/sample_app/autotest/discover.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f421dc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/autotest/discover.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Autotest.add_discovery { "rails" }
+Autotest.add_discovery { "rspec2" }
diff --git a/sample_app/config/cucumber.yml b/sample_app/config/cucumber.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..621a14ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/config/cucumber.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<%
+rerun = File.file?('rerun.txt') ? IO.read('rerun.txt') : ""
+rerun_opts = rerun.to_s.strip.empty? ? "--format #{ENV['CUCUMBER_FORMAT'] || 'progress'} features" : "--format #{ENV['CUCUMBER_FORMAT'] || 'pretty'} #{rerun}"
+std_opts = "--format #{ENV['CUCUMBER_FORMAT'] || 'progress'} --strict --tags ~@wip"
+%>
+default: <%= std_opts %> features
+wip: --tags @wip:3 --wip features
+rerun: <%= rerun_opts %> --format rerun --out rerun.txt --strict --tags ~@wip
diff --git a/sample_app/config/database.yml b/sample_app/config/database.yml
index 025d62a8..7551340c 100644
--- a/sample_app/config/database.yml
+++ b/sample_app/config/database.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ development:
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
-test:
+test: &test
   adapter: sqlite3
   database: db/test.sqlite3
   pool: 5
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ production:
   database: db/production.sqlite3
   pool: 5
   timeout: 5000
+
+cucumber:
+  <<: *test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample_app/config/shards.yml b/sample_app/config/shards.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98601c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/config/shards.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+octopus:
+  enviroments:
+    - development
+  development:
+    asia:
+      adapter: sqlite3
+      database: db/asia.sqlite3
+    europe:
+      adapter: sqlite3
+      database: db/europe.sqlite3
+    america:
+      adapter: sqlite3
+      database: db/america.sqlite3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172715_create_users.rb b/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172715_create_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3fe73ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172715_create_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :users do |t|
+      t.string :name
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :users
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172730_create_items.rb b/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172730_create_items.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d016b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/db/migrate/20100720172730_create_items.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class CreateItems < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :items do |t|
+      t.string :name
+      t.integer :user_id
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :items
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb b/sample_app/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f0af8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+# IMPORTANT: This file is generated by cucumber-rails - edit at your own peril.
+# It is recommended to regenerate this file in the future when you upgrade to a 
+# newer version of cucumber-rails. Consider adding your own code to a new file 
+# instead of editing this one. Cucumber will automatically load all features/**/*.rb
+# files.
+
+
+require 'uri'
+require 'cgi'
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "support", "paths"))
+
+module WithinHelpers
+  def with_scope(locator)
+    locator ? within(locator) { yield } : yield
+  end
+end
+World(WithinHelpers)
+
+Given /^(?:|I )am on (.+)$/ do |page_name|
+  visit path_to(page_name)
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )go to (.+)$/ do |page_name|
+  visit path_to(page_name)
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )press "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |button, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    click_button(button)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )follow "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |link, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    click_link(link)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )fill in "([^"]*)" with "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |field, value, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    fill_in(field, :with => value)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )fill in "([^"]*)" for "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |value, field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    fill_in(field, :with => value)
+  end
+end
+
+# Use this to fill in an entire form with data from a table. Example:
+#
+#   When I fill in the following:
+#     | Account Number | 5002       |
+#     | Expiry date    | 2009-11-01 |
+#     | Note           | Nice guy   |
+#     | Wants Email?   |            |
+#
+# TODO: Add support for checkbox, select og option
+# based on naming conventions.
+#
+When /^(?:|I )fill in the following(?: within "([^"]*)")?:$/ do |selector, fields|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    fields.rows_hash.each do |name, value|
+      When %{I fill in "#{name}" with "#{value}"}
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )select "([^"]*)" from "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |value, field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    select(value, :from => field)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )check "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    check(field)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )uncheck "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    uncheck(field)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )choose "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    choose(field)
+  end
+end
+
+When /^(?:|I )attach the file "([^"]*)" to "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |path, field, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    attach_file(field, path)
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should see JSON:$/ do |expected_json|
+  require 'json'
+  expected = JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(expected_json))
+  actual   = JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))
+  expected.should == actual
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should see "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |text, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    if page.respond_to? :should
+      page.should have_content(text)
+    else
+      assert page.has_content?(text)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should see \/([^\/]*)\/(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |regexp, selector|
+  regexp = Regexp.new(regexp)
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    if page.respond_to? :should
+      page.should have_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
+    else
+      assert page.has_xpath?('//*', :text => regexp)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should not see "([^"]*)"(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |text, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    if page.respond_to? :should
+      page.should have_no_content(text)
+    else
+      assert page.has_no_content?(text)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should not see \/([^\/]*)\/(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |regexp, selector|
+  regexp = Regexp.new(regexp)
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    if page.respond_to? :should
+      page.should have_no_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
+    else
+      assert page.has_no_xpath?('//*', :text => regexp)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^the "([^"]*)" field(?: within "([^"]*)")? should contain "([^"]*)"$/ do |field, selector, value|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    field = find_field(field)
+    field_value = (field.tag_name == 'textarea') ? field.text : field.value
+    if field_value.respond_to? :should
+      field_value.should =~ /#{value}/
+    else
+      assert_match(/#{value}/, field_value)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^the "([^"]*)" field(?: within "([^"]*)")? should not contain "([^"]*)"$/ do |field, selector, value|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    field = find_field(field)
+    field_value = (field.tag_name == 'textarea') ? field.text : field.value
+    if field_value.respond_to? :should_not
+      field_value.should_not =~ /#{value}/
+    else
+      assert_no_match(/#{value}/, field_value)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^the "([^"]*)" checkbox(?: within "([^"]*)")? should be checked$/ do |label, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    field_checked = find_field(label)['checked']
+    if field_checked.respond_to? :should
+      field_checked.should be_true
+    else
+      assert field_checked
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^the "([^"]*)" checkbox(?: within "([^"]*)")? should not be checked$/ do |label, selector|
+  with_scope(selector) do
+    field_checked = find_field(label)['checked']
+    if field_checked.respond_to? :should
+      field_checked.should be_false
+    else
+      assert !field_checked
+    end
+  end
+end
+ 
+Then /^(?:|I )should be on (.+)$/ do |page_name|
+  current_path = URI.parse(current_url).path
+  if current_path.respond_to? :should
+    current_path.should == path_to(page_name)
+  else
+    assert_equal path_to(page_name), current_path
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^(?:|I )should have the following query string:$/ do |expected_pairs|
+  query = URI.parse(current_url).query
+  actual_params = query ? CGI.parse(query) : {}
+  expected_params = {}
+  expected_pairs.rows_hash.each_pair{|k,v| expected_params[k] = v.split(',')} 
+  
+  if actual_params.respond_to? :should
+    actual_params.should == expected_params
+  else
+    assert_equal expected_params, actual_params
+  end
+end
+
+Then /^show me the page$/ do
+  save_and_open_page
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/features/support/env.rb b/sample_app/features/support/env.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb8018b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/features/support/env.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# IMPORTANT: This file is generated by cucumber-rails - edit at your own peril.
+# It is recommended to regenerate this file in the future when you upgrade to a 
+# newer version of cucumber-rails. Consider adding your own code to a new file 
+# instead of editing this one. Cucumber will automatically load all features/**/*.rb
+# files.
+
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/environment')
+
+require 'cucumber/formatter/unicode' # Remove this line if you don't want Cucumber Unicode support
+require 'cucumber/rails/rspec'
+require 'cucumber/rails/world'
+require 'cucumber/rails/active_record'
+require 'cucumber/web/tableish'
+
+require 'capybara/rails'
+require 'capybara/cucumber'
+require 'capybara/session'
+require 'cucumber/rails/capybara_javascript_emulation' # Lets you click links with onclick javascript handlers without using @culerity or @javascript
+# Capybara defaults to XPath selectors rather than Webrat's default of CSS3. In
+# order to ease the transition to Capybara we set the default here. If you'd
+# prefer to use XPath just remove this line and adjust any selectors in your
+# steps to use the XPath syntax.
+Capybara.default_selector = :css
+
+# If you set this to false, any error raised from within your app will bubble 
+# up to your step definition and out to cucumber unless you catch it somewhere
+# on the way. You can make Rails rescue errors and render error pages on a
+# per-scenario basis by tagging a scenario or feature with the @allow-rescue tag.
+#
+# If you set this to true, Rails will rescue all errors and render error
+# pages, more or less in the same way your application would behave in the
+# default production environment. It's not recommended to do this for all
+# of your scenarios, as this makes it hard to discover errors in your application.
+ActionController::Base.allow_rescue = false
+
+# If you set this to true, each scenario will run in a database transaction.
+# You can still turn off transactions on a per-scenario basis, simply tagging 
+# a feature or scenario with the @no-txn tag. If you are using Capybara,
+# tagging with @culerity or @javascript will also turn transactions off.
+#
+# If you set this to false, transactions will be off for all scenarios,
+# regardless of whether you use @no-txn or not.
+#
+# Beware that turning transactions off will leave data in your database 
+# after each scenario, which can lead to hard-to-debug failures in 
+# subsequent scenarios. If you do this, we recommend you create a Before
+# block that will explicitly put your database in a known state.
+Cucumber::Rails::World.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+# How to clean your database when transactions are turned off. See
+# http://github.com/bmabey/database_cleaner for more info.
+if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+  begin
+    require 'database_cleaner'
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
+  rescue LoadError => ignore_if_database_cleaner_not_present
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/features/support/paths.rb b/sample_app/features/support/paths.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b3efb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/features/support/paths.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+module NavigationHelpers
+  # Maps a name to a path. Used by the
+  #
+  #   When /^I go to (.+)$/ do |page_name|
+  #
+  # step definition in web_steps.rb
+  #
+  def path_to(page_name)
+    case page_name
+
+    when /the home\s?page/
+      '/'
+
+    # Add more mappings here.
+    # Here is an example that pulls values out of the Regexp:
+    #
+    #   when /^(.*)'s profile page$/i
+    #     user_profile_path(User.find_by_login($1))
+
+    else
+      begin
+        page_name =~ /the (.*) page/
+        path_components = $1.split(/\s+/)
+        self.send(path_components.push('path').join('_').to_sym)
+      rescue Object => e
+        raise "Can't find mapping from \"#{page_name}\" to a path.\n" +
+          "Now, go and add a mapping in #{__FILE__}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+World(NavigationHelpers)
diff --git a/sample_app/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake b/sample_app/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7db1a557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# IMPORTANT: This file is generated by cucumber-rails - edit at your own peril.
+# It is recommended to regenerate this file in the future when you upgrade to a 
+# newer version of cucumber-rails. Consider adding your own code to a new file 
+# instead of editing this one. Cucumber will automatically load all features/**/*.rb
+# files.
+
+
+unless ARGV.any? {|a| a =~ /^gems/} # Don't load anything when running the gems:* tasks
+
+vendored_cucumber_bin = Dir["#{Rails.root}/vendor/{gems,plugins}/cucumber*/bin/cucumber"].first
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(vendored_cucumber_bin) + '/../lib') unless vendored_cucumber_bin.nil?
+
+begin
+  require 'cucumber/rake/task'
+
+  namespace :cucumber do
+    Cucumber::Rake::Task.new({:ok => 'db:test:prepare'}, 'Run features that should pass') do |t|
+      t.binary = vendored_cucumber_bin # If nil, the gem's binary is used.
+      t.fork = true # You may get faster startup if you set this to false
+      t.profile = 'default'
+    end
+
+    Cucumber::Rake::Task.new({:wip => 'db:test:prepare'}, 'Run features that are being worked on') do |t|
+      t.binary = vendored_cucumber_bin
+      t.fork = true # You may get faster startup if you set this to false
+      t.profile = 'wip'
+    end
+
+    Cucumber::Rake::Task.new({:rerun => 'db:test:prepare'}, 'Record failing features and run only them if any exist') do |t|
+      t.binary = vendored_cucumber_bin
+      t.fork = true # You may get faster startup if you set this to false
+      t.profile = 'rerun'
+    end
+
+    desc 'Run all features'
+    task :all => [:ok, :wip]
+  end
+  desc 'Alias for cucumber:ok'
+  task :cucumber => 'cucumber:ok'
+
+  task :default => :cucumber
+
+  task :features => :cucumber do
+    STDERR.puts "*** The 'features' task is deprecated. See rake -T cucumber ***"
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  desc 'cucumber rake task not available (cucumber not installed)'
+  task :cucumber do
+    abort 'Cucumber rake task is not available. Be sure to install cucumber as a gem or plugin'
+  end
+end
+
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/script/cucumber b/sample_app/script/cucumber
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7fa5c920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/script/cucumber
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+vendored_cucumber_bin = Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../vendor/{gems,plugins}/cucumber*/bin/cucumber"].first
+if vendored_cucumber_bin
+  load File.expand_path(vendored_cucumber_bin)
+else
+  require 'rubygems' unless ENV['NO_RUBYGEMS']
+  require 'cucumber'
+  load Cucumber::BINARY
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/spec/models/item_spec.rb b/sample_app/spec/models/item_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14ce2f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/spec/models/item_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Item do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/sample_app/spec/models/user_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44032b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe User do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/sample_app/spec/spec_helper.rb b/sample_app/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34d2c1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_app/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# This file is copied to ~/spec when you run 'ruby script/generate rspec'
+# from the project root directory.
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
+require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
+require 'rspec/rails'
+
+# Requires supporting files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
+# in ./support/ and its subdirectories.
+Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f}
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # == Mock Framework
+  #
+  # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
+  #
+  # config.mock_with :mocha
+  # config.mock_with :flexmock
+  # config.mock_with :rr
+  config.mock_with :rspec
+
+  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
+
+  # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
+  # examples within a transaction, comment the following line or assign false
+  # instead of true.
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+end