Jeff Barczewski
2006-Nov-09 06:43 UTC
[ANN] MasterView rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine - Release 0.3.0
MasterView is a rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine plugin that provides another option to the existing rails view templates (rhtml and rxml). The main idea is to provide a template engine that would provide all the power of layouts, partials, and rails helpers but still be editable/styleable in a WYSIWYG editor. It was also a major goal that the syntax of these attribute directives be very similar to rails helpers so that one could intuitively start using MasterView with little learning curve other than knowing rails. MasterView was inspired by Amrita, Kwartz, Tapestry, Zope/PHP TAL, Liquid, and Web Objects but designed with a fresh approach and specifically targetted for rails users. Release 0.3.0 was a major release for MasterView with an emphasis on refactoring and simplifying the API for building directives. A DSL syntax was chosen to greatly simplify the creation of directives to both help the core team with directive development as to also enable developers to create their own custom directives easily. MasterView has been constructed to allow directives to be shared amongst the community and this refactoring will enable custom development. To further enhance sharing and prevent collisions, this release introduces custom namespaces to the directives allowing users to create their own namespaces to prevent conflict. Namespaces as well as many other metadata about directives can now be configured at both the app-level and installation-level providing flexibility. **UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS: (for MasterView deployments that have created custom directives) default namespace of extensions directives changed from mv: to mvx: (custom directive default namespace) upgrade any user created custom directives to use new directive API (see release notes) Video A short video which demos the basic operation is available at http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html<http://masterview.org/videos/masterview_quick_start.html> Screenshots and illustrations http://masterview.org/media_list.html MasterView is released under MIT open source licensing. Main site: http://masterview.org/ Rubyforge Project site: http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview Goals - Create/extend a template engine for rails that would be XHTML friendly and thus could be edited/styled with a WYSIWYG HTML editor even late in development without breaking template. - Keep it simple. DRY. No extra config files, simple syntax with ruby flavor. - Design it specifically for ruby and rails. Use the full power and not be limited in its capabilities over what can be done with ERb (rhtml) - Work nicely with layouts, partials, and rails html helpers. - Reduce complexity, work with existing rails code, no extra view logic or hashes than what is used by ERb (rhtml). Scaffold generate initial templates or work from existing html prototype. Make scaffolds nicely styled and easily useable for production with minor changes. - Reduce the numbers of files, simplifying editing. Define partials and layouts naturallyl right in the template, no need to go to another file. - Preview in browser without running an app. Allow for dummy data in the template so that the page can be viewed and styled independently of the application. - Performance equal to ERb (rhtml) Release Notes: == Recent changes (Release 0.3.0 - Major update - refactoring of directive API (for developing directives) The directive API for creating directives has been refactored and simplified. This will enable directives to be developed more easily by both core developers and MasterView users. The end goal is to make it extremely simple for anyone to create their own custom directives and to share those with the community, and thus the project can live and grow into many specialty areas. The directive API refactoring is one more step towards those goals. The old directive_base.rb which provided the API for directives has been deprecated and moved to deprecated/directive_base.rb, MasterViewdevelopers which have developed custom directives should upgrade those directives to the new API as soon as possible. During the transition period one can use the original API by requiring the deprecated/directive_base.rb file and changing their directive to inherit from DirectiveBaseOld rather than DirectiveBase. == Recent changes (Release 0.2.5) Fix AdminPage compatibility with Rails 1.1.5+ which uses safe_load_paths to find controllers Fix rake mv:view_rhtml RHTML=foo/_bar.rhtml was not able to find partials Visit the online documentation page at http://masterview.org/ for screenshots, illustrations, complete installation and usage information. We would love to hear your feedback and ideas around this project! Visit the rubyforge project <http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview> to join the users mailing list or to add yourself to the announce list to receive future announcements. Check out the video<http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html>to see MasterView in action! Thanks for your time!! MasterView Development Team Jeff Barczewski and Deb Lewis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Ed Howland
2006-Nov-09 20:50 UTC
Re: [ANN] MasterView rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine - Release 0.3.0
Oh man this makes me giddy! Ta, Jeff and Deb for all your hard work. Ed -- Ed Howland http://greenprogrammer.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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2006-Nov-12 13:22 UTC
Re: MasterView rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine - Release 0.3.0
Hi Jeff, I have been trying to make MasterView works on my Rails project. However, every time I issue a script/generate masterview Product Store command, I always get the following: --- D:\aaa>ruby script/generate masterview Product Store Initializing MasterView configuration (2006-11-12 21:10) Program name = script/generate dependency model exists app/models/ exists test/unit/ exists test/fixtures/ identical app/models/product.rb identical test/unit/product_test.rb identical test/fixtures/products.yml exists app/controllers/ exists app/helpers/ create app/views/store exists public/stylesheets/masterview exists app/masterview exists app/masterview/extra exists test/functional/ create app/controllers/store_controller.rb create test/functional/store_controller_test.rb create app/helpers/store_helper.rb create store/destroy.html wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) ----- Note that generating the same command for scaffolding works as D:\aaa>ruby script/generate scaffold Product Store I have the following masterview and rails version D:\aaa>gem list masterview *** LOCAL GEMS *** masterview (0.3.0) A (x)html friendly template engine for rails with the power of layouts, and partials. masterview_gem_pack (0.3.0) A (x)html friendly template engine for rails with the power of layouts, and partials. This gem package includes the other masterview gems for easy installation masterview_generator (0.3.0) A (x)html friendly template engine for rails with the power of layouts, and partials. MasterView Generator for creating templates and scaffolding. masterview_plugin_generator (0.3.0) A (x)html friendly template engine for rails with the power of layouts, and partials. MasterView Plugin Generator for GEM D:\aaa>rails -v Rails 1.1.6 D:\aaa>ruby -v ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32] Am I using the wrong version of Rails, Ruby, or Masterview? Or a wrong configuration? Please note that I did not make any changes to the MasterView configuration file. Thanks. Zandro Jeff Barczewski wrote:> MasterView is a rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine plugin that > provides another option to the existing rails view templates (rhtml and > rxml). The main idea is to provide a template engine that would provide all > the power of layouts, partials, and rails helpers but still be > editable/styleable in a WYSIWYG editor. It was also a major goal that the > syntax of these attribute directives be very similar to rails helpers so > that one could intuitively start using MasterView with little learning curve > other than knowing rails. MasterView was inspired by Amrita, Kwartz, > Tapestry, Zope/PHP TAL, Liquid, and Web Objects but designed with a fresh > approach and specifically targetted for rails users. > > Release 0.3.0 was a major release for MasterView with an emphasis on > refactoring and simplifying the API for building directives. A DSL syntax > was chosen to greatly simplify the creation of directives to both help the > core team with directive development as to also enable developers to create > their own custom directives easily. MasterView has been constructed to allow > directives to be shared amongst the community and this refactoring will > enable custom development. To further enhance sharing and prevent > collisions, this release introduces custom namespaces to the directives > allowing users to create their own namespaces to prevent conflict. > Namespaces as well as many other metadata about directives can now be > configured at both the app-level and installation-level providing > flexibility. > > **UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS: (for MasterView deployments that have created > custom directives) > default namespace of extensions directives changed from mv: to mvx: > (custom directive default namespace) > upgrade any user created custom directives to use new directive API (see > release notes) > > > Video > A short video which demos the basic operation is available at > http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html<http://masterview.org/videos/masterview_quick_start.html> > > Screenshots and illustrations > http://masterview.org/media_list.html > > MasterView is released under MIT open source licensing. > > Main site: http://masterview.org/ > Rubyforge Project site: http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview > > > Goals > > - Create/extend a template engine for rails that would be XHTML > friendly and thus could be edited/styled with a WYSIWYG HTML editor even > late in development without breaking template. > - Keep it simple. DRY. No extra config files, simple syntax with ruby > flavor. > - Design it specifically for ruby and rails. Use the full power and > not be limited in its capabilities over what can be done with ERb (rhtml) > - Work nicely with layouts, partials, and rails html helpers. > - Reduce complexity, work with existing rails code, no extra view > logic or hashes than what is used by ERb (rhtml). Scaffold generate initial > templates or work from existing html prototype. Make scaffolds nicely styled > and easily useable for production with minor changes. > - Reduce the numbers of files, simplifying editing. Define partials > and layouts naturallyl right in the template, no need to go to another file. > > - Preview in browser without running an app. Allow for dummy data in > the template so that the page can be viewed and styled independently of the > application. > - Performance equal to ERb (rhtml) > > > Release Notes: > == Recent changes (Release 0.3.0 - Major update - refactoring of directive > API (for developing directives) > The directive API for creating directives has been refactored and > simplified. This will enable directives to be developed more easily by both > core developers and MasterView users. The end goal is to make it extremely > simple for anyone to create their own custom directives and to share those > with the community, and thus the project can live and grow into many > specialty areas. The directive API refactoring is one more step towards > those goals. > > The old directive_base.rb which provided the API for directives has been > deprecated and moved to deprecated/directive_base.rb, MasterViewdevelopers > which have developed custom directives should upgrade those directives to > the new API as soon as possible. During the transition period one can use > the original API by requiring the deprecated/directive_base.rb file and > changing their directive to inherit from DirectiveBaseOld rather than > DirectiveBase. > > > == Recent changes (Release 0.2.5) > Fix AdminPage compatibility with Rails 1.1.5+ which uses safe_load_paths to > find controllers > Fix rake mv:view_rhtml RHTML=foo/_bar.rhtml was not able to find partials > > > > Visit the online documentation page at http://masterview.org/ for > screenshots, illustrations, complete installation and usage information. > > We would love to hear your feedback and ideas around this project! Visit the > rubyforge project <http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview> to join the > users mailing list or to add yourself to the announce list to receive future > announcements. Check out the > video<http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html>to see MasterView > in action! > > Thanks for your time!! > > > MasterView Development Team > Jeff Barczewski and Deb Lewis > > ------=_Part_6426_18278964.1163054628801 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 > X-Google-AttachSize: 6450 > > MasterView is a rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine plugin that provides another option to the existing rails view templates (rhtml and rxml). The main idea is to provide a template engine that would provide all the power of layouts, partials, and rails helpers but still be editable/styleable in a WYSIWYG editor. It was also a major goal that the syntax of these attribute directives be very similar to rails helpers so that one could intuitively start using MasterView with little learning curve other than knowing rails. MasterView was inspired by Amrita, Kwartz, Tapestry, Zope/PHP TAL, Liquid, and Web Objects but designed with a fresh approach and specifically targetted for rails users. > <br><br>Release 0.3.0 was a major release for MasterView with an emphasis on refactoring and simplifying the API for building directives. A DSL syntax was chosen to greatly simplify the creation of directives to both help the core team with directive development as to also enable developers to create their own custom directives easily. MasterView has been constructed to allow directives to be shared amongst the community and this refactoring will enable custom development. To further enhance sharing and prevent collisions, this release introduces custom namespaces to the directives allowing users to create their own namespaces to prevent conflict. Namespaces as well as many other metadata about directives can now be configured at both the app-level and installation-level providing flexibility. > <br><br>**UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS: (for MasterView deployments that have created custom directives)<br> default namespace of extensions directives changed from mv: to mvx: (custom directive default namespace)<br> upgrade any user created custom directives to use new directive API (see release notes) > <br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video</span><br>A short video which demos the basic operation is available at <br><a href="http://masterview.org/videos/masterview_quick_start.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> > > > > http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenshots and illustrations</span><br><a href="http://masterview.org/media_list.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> > > > http://masterview.org/media_list.html</a><br> > <br>MasterView is released under MIT open source licensing.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> > Main site:</span> <a href="http://masterview.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> > > http://masterview.org/</a><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> > Rubyforge Project site:</span> <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview</a><br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> > > > > > > Goals</span><br><ul><li>Create/extend a template engine for rails that would be XHTML friendly and > thus could be edited/styled with a WYSIWYG HTML editor even late in > development without breaking template. > > </li><li>Keep it simple. DRY. No extra config files, simple syntax with ruby flavor. > > </li><li>Design it specifically for ruby and rails. Use the full power and not be > limited in its capabilities over what can be done with ERb (rhtml) > > </li><li>Work nicely with layouts, partials, and rails html helpers. > > </li><li>Reduce complexity, work with existing rails code, no extra view logic or > hashes than what is used by ERb (rhtml). Scaffold generate initial templates or > work from existing html prototype. Make scaffolds nicely styled and easily useable for production with minor changes. > > </li><li>Reduce the numbers of files, simplifying editing. Define partials and > layouts naturallyl right in the template, no need to go to another file. > > </li><li>Preview in browser without running an app. Allow for dummy data in the > template so that the page can be viewed and styled independently of the > application. > > </li><li>Performance equal to ERb (rhtml)</li></ul><br>Release Notes:<br>== Recent changes (Release 0.3.0 - Major update - refactoring of directive API (for developing directives)<br>The directive API for creating directives has been refactored and simplified. This will enable directives to be developed more easily by both core developers and MasterView users. The end goal is to make it extremely simple for anyone to create their own custom directives and to share those with the community, and thus the project can live and grow into many specialty areas. The directive API refactoring is one more step towards those goals. > <br><br>The old directive_base.rb which provided the API for directives has been deprecated and moved to deprecated/directive_base.rb, MasterViewdevelopers which have developed custom directives should upgrade those directives to the new API as soon as possible. During the transition period one can use the original API by requiring the deprecated/directive_base.rb file and changing their directive to inherit from DirectiveBaseOld rather than DirectiveBase. > <br><br><br>== Recent changes (Release 0.2.5)<br>Fix AdminPage compatibility with Rails 1.1.5+ which uses safe_load_paths to find controllers<br>Fix rake mv:view_rhtml RHTML=foo/_bar.rhtml was not able to find partials<br> > > > <br><br><br>Visit the online documentation page at <a href="http://masterview.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://masterview.org/</a> for screenshots, illustrations, complete installation and usage information. > <font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> > <br> <br> > We would love to hear your feedback and ideas around this project! Visit the <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rubyforge project</a> > > > > to join the users mailing list or to add yourself to the announce list to receive future announcements. Check out the <a href="http://masterview.org/videos/demo_short.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> > > > video</a> to see MasterView in action!<br><br>Thanks for your time!! > <br><br><br>MasterView Development Team<br><span><div><span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Jeff Barczewski and Deb Lewis</span> > </span> > > </span></div></span><br> > > > > ------=_Part_6426_18278964.1163054628801----~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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