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@@ -5,20 +5,55 @@ application up and running.
 
 Things you may want to cover:
 
-* Ruby version
+* Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)
 
-* System dependencies
+* Deployment instructions
 
-* Configuration
+* ...
 
-* Database creation
 
-* Database initialization
+## System dependencies
 
-* How to run the test suite
+* Ruby 2.3
+* SQLite3
 
-* Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)
+To install Rails you can simply execute  
+```gem install rails```  
 
-* Deployment instructions
+Check that installation was successful by running  
+```rails --version```  
 
-* ...
+
+## Rails "Getting Started"
+
+[Here](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html) you can find the official starting tutorial for Ruby on Rails.  
+You can also take a look at Michael Hartl's ["Ruby on Rails Tutorial"](https://www.railstutorial.org/book). The book offers a detailed tutorial for building a whole application from scratch. It is available online for free.
+
+
+## Database creation
+
+Install project dependencies:  
+```bundle install```  
+
+And then create the database:  
+```rake db:create```  
+
+Finally, migrate the database  
+```rake db:migrate```  
+
+To populate the database run  
+```rake db:seed```  
+_(Note that this will execute db/seeds.rb)_
+
+
+## Debugging
+
+To insert a breakpoint you must invoke ```byebug``` at desired line. This will open a debugging console where the server is running
+
+
+## Testing
+
+To run the tests execute  
+```rake test```  
+
+For more information consult the [official testing guide](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html)