- http://erector.github.io/erector
- mailto:erector@googlegroups.com
- http://github.com/erector/erector
- http://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/482
Erector is a view framework. That is, it helps you generate HTML mixing in dynamic content (like erb, slim or haml). Unlike erb, slim, or haml, 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.github.io/erector for more documentation.
No, seriously, we've got hella docs at http://erector.github.io/erector -- go check it out.
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>"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.
To install as a gem:
- sudo gem install erector
Then add "require 'erector'" to any files which need erector.
To install as a Rails plugin:
- Copy the erector source to vendor/plugins/erector in your Rails directory.
When installing this way, erector is automatically available to your Rails code (no require directive is needed).
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.
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request
See web site docs for more details.
Core Team:
- Alex Chaffee
- Jim Kingdon
Special Thanks To:
- Abby (Chaffee's muse & Best friend)
- Brian Takita
- Jeff Dean
- John Firebaugh
- Nathan Sobo
- Nick Kallen
- Alon Salant
- Andy Peterson
see History.txt
see LICENSE.txt
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Phlex is a similar view tool. See Phlex webpage or Phlex github .
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The fortitude gem, like erector, has not gotten much maintenance in recent years.