merb plugins 101

Merb Plugins

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Merb::Slices

Merb::Slices

reusable

Merb::Slices

reusable

overwritable

Merb::Slices

reusable overwritablemini apps

Merb::Slices

osimer than

generated code

Merb::Slices

login formpassword reminder

blogforum

event registrationadmin interface

tune up...

Merb::Slices

target application content

When?

Merb::Plugins

Merb::Plugins

NOT DataMapper plugins!

Merb::Plugins

When?

Merb::Plugins

target extending the framework

When?

Merb::Plugins

Merb::Plugins !=

Rails Plugins

Merb::Plugins

alias_method_chain=

evil

Merb::Plugins

provides :hooks

Merb::Plugins

Merb::BootLoader

Merb::Plugins

Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads

Merb::Plugins

Merb API@private@public@plugin/overridable

Merb::Plugins

Merb APIif it fails your expectations

contact us (srly)

Merb::Plugins

Merb::Plugins.config[:merb_osim]

Merb::Plugins

Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles "merb_osim/merbtasks"

Merb::Plugins

test through the stack!

default_options = { :environment => 'test', :adapter => 'runner', :merb_root => File.dirname(__FILE__) / 'full-stack', :log_file => File.dirname(__FILE__) / "merb_test.log"}options = default_options.merge($START_OPTIONS || {}) Merb.disable(:initfile)Merb.start_environment(options)

Merb::Plugins

¿ORM?

Merb::Plugins

no rulesbut make sure

you develop a clean APIto let other people extend

your plugin

Merb::Plugins

Merb ORM interfaceMerb

1.x

Merb::Plugins

e x t l i bhttp://github.com/sam/extlib

Merb::Plugins

v e r s i o ndependency "merb-core", "= 1.0"

dependency "merb-core", "<= 2.0"

Merb::Plugins

e x a m p l e s

http://github.com/wycats/merb-morehttp://github.com/wycats/merb-plugins

Merb::Plugins

¿ h e l p ?

irc://irc.freenode.net/merbhttp://groups.google.com/group/merb

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