= Erector
== DESCRIPTION
Erector is a Builder-like view framework, inspired by Markaby but overcoming some of its flaws. In Erector all views are objects, not template files, which allows the full power of object-oriented programming (inheritance, modular decomposition, encapsulation) in views. See the rdoc for the Erector::Widget class to learn how to make your own widgets, and visit the project site at http://erector.rubyforge.org for more documentation.
No, seriously, we've got hella docs at http://erector.rubyforge.org -- go check it out.
== SYNOPSIS
require 'erector'
class Hello < Erector::Widget
def content
html do
head do
title "Hello"
end
body do
text "Hello, "
b @target, :class => 'big'
text "!"
end
end
end
end
Hello.new(:target => 'world').to_html
=> "<html><head><title>Hello</title></head><body>Hello, <b class=\"big\">world</b>!</body></html>"
include Erector::Mixin
erector { div "love", :class => "big" }
=> "<div class=\"big\">love</div>"
== REQUIREMENTS
The gem depends on rake and treetop, although this is just for using the command-line tool, so deployed applications won't need these. The Rails-dependent code is now separated so you can use Erector cleanly in a non-Rails app.
== INSTALL
To install as a gem:
Then add "require 'erector'" to any files which need erector.
To install as a Rails plugin:
When installing this way, erector is automatically available to your Rails code (no require directive is needed).
== TESTS
Three spec rake tasks are provided: spec:core (core functionality), spec:erect (the erector command line tool), and spec:rails (rails integration).
'rake spec' will run the complete set of specs.
== CREDITS:
Core Team:
Special Thanks To:
== LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Pivotal Labs and the Erector Project
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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