en-us Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:13:20 -0000 dorren <pre><code class="console"> gem install merb gem install merb_activerecord gem install merb_helpers </code></pre> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:34:55 -0000 dorren Merb is another rails like web framework, but not exactly like rails, see my previous <a href="http://ruby-on-rails.groups.wuyasea.com/articles/merb-is-da-bomb/29">post</a>.<br /> <br /> Similar to any new softwares, the documentation/tutorials are hard to come by, if any. So this is pretty much a bread crumb trail for myself. So here it goes.<br /> <h2>Install</h2> add merbivore.com as gem source.<br /> <pre><code class="console">gem sources -a http://merbivore.com</code></pre> Now you should be able to install gems from both rubyforge and merbivore.com. Typically, I'll have following list of merb related gems installed.<br /> <br /> <pre><code>merb (0.9.1) merb-action-args (0.9.1) merb-assets (0.9.1) merb-builder (0.9.1) merb-core (0.9.1) merb-gen (0.9.1) merb-haml (0.9.1) merb-mailer (0.9.1) merb-more (0.9.1) merb-parts (0.9.1) merb_activerecord (0.9.1) merb_helpers (0.9.1) merb_param_protection (0.9.1) merb_rspec (0.9.0) merb_stories (0.9.1) merbful_authentication (0.9.1)</code></pre> <br /> <h2>Create app</h2> 2 commands you'll use the most are "merb" and "merb-gen", "merb" is used to run the actual app, and "merb-gen" is used to generate all sorts of code. run either command with "--help" shows all the options available.<br /> <br /> create a new app. "merb-gen cool_app"<br /> to run command in test env, like "MERB_ENV=test rake db:reset"<br /> <br /> <h2>Reference</h2> <a href="http://merbivore.com/documentation.html">merbivore doc</a>