Merb
Plugins
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irc: m a t t e t t i

Merb::Slices

Merb::Slices
reusable

Merb::Slices
reusable
overwritable

Merb::Slices
reusable overwritable
mini apps

Merb::Slices
osimer
than
generated
code

Merb::Slices
login form
password reminder
blog
forum
event registration
admin interface
tune up
...

Merb::Slices
When?
target application
content

Merb::Plugins

Merb::Plugins
NOT DataMapper plugins!

Merb::Plugins
When?

Merb::Plugins
When?
target extending the
framework

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 API
if 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 rules
but make sure
you develop a clean API
to let other people extend
your plugin

Merb::Plugins
Merb ORM interfacerb 1.x
M e

Merb::Plugins
e x t l i b
http://github.com/sam/extlib

Merb::Plugins
v e r s i o n
dependency \"merb-core\", \"= 1.0\"
dependency \"merb-core\", \"<= 2.0\"

Merb::Plugins
e x a m p l e s
http://github.com/wycats/merb-more
http://github.com/wycats/merb-plugins

Merb::Plugins
¿ h e l p ?
irc://irc.freenode.net/merb
http://groups.google.com/group/merb

T h a n k s