diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index c0fcf7d3b49bd53ba041f63c634ce13b7db7ef29..caaaae09e64f875bda27bccb3017c9eb6db935cb 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ def gemfile_entries
          javascript_gemfile_entry,
          jbuilder_gemfile_entry,
          sdoc_gemfile_entry,
-         spring_gemfile_entry,
          psych_gemfile_entry,
          @extra_entries].flatten.find_all(&@gem_filter)
       end
@@ -306,12 +305,6 @@ def javascript_runtime_gemfile_entry
         end
       end
 
-      def spring_gemfile_entry
-        return [] unless spring_install?
-        comment = 'Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring'
-        GemfileEntry.new('spring', nil, comment, group: :development)
-      end
-
       def psych_gemfile_entry
         return [] unless defined?(Rubinius)
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
index 826fb860583f56df7bb83e137170199b78916109..d97be95e2788759f0a28a6aba312bdacbd735188 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
@@ -21,14 +21,23 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # Use Capistrano for deployment
 # gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
 
+group :development, :test do
 <% unless defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) -%>
-# To use a debugger
+  # Call 'debugger' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   <%- if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0' -%>
-# gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]
+  gem 'debugger'
   <%- else -%>
-# gem 'byebug', group: [:development, :test]
+  gem 'byebug'
   <%- end -%>
+  
+  # Access an IRB console on exceptions page and /console in development
+  gem 'web-console'
+<%- if spring_install? %>
+  # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
+  gem 'spring'
 <% end -%>
+<% end -%>
+end
 
 <% if RUBY_PLATFORM.match(/bccwin|cygwin|emx|mingw|mswin|wince/) -%>
 # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem