@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ == CouchRest - CouchDB, close to the metal -CouchRest is based on [CouchDB's couch.js test library](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb/trunk/share/www/script/couch.js), which I find to be concise, clear, and well designed. CouchRest lightly wraps CouchDB's HTTP API, managing JSON serialization, and remembering the URI-paths to CouchDB's API endpoints so you don't have to. +CouchRest is based on [CouchDB's couch.js test +library](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb/trunk/share/www/script/couch.js), +which I find to be concise, clear, and well designed. CouchRest lightly wraps +CouchDB's HTTP API, managing JSON serialization, and remembering the URI-paths +to CouchDB's API endpoints so you don't have to. -CouchRest's lighweight is designed to make a simple base for application and framework-specific object oriented APIs. +CouchRest's lighweight is designed to make a simple base for application and +framework-specific object oriented APIs. === Easy Install @@ -10,11 +15,16 @@ CouchRest's lighweight is designed to make a simple base for application and fra === Relax, it's RESTful -The core of Couchrest is Heroku’s excellent REST Client Ruby HTTP wrapper. REST Client takes all the nastyness of Net::HTTP and gives is a pretty face, while still giving you more control than Open-URI. I recommend it anytime you’re interfacing with a well-defined web service. +The core of Couchrest is Heroku’s excellent REST Client Ruby HTTP wrapper. +REST Client takes all the nastyness of Net::HTTP and gives is a pretty face, +while still giving you more control than Open-URI. I recommend it anytime +you’re interfacing with a well-defined web service. === Running the Specs -The most complete documentation is the spec/ directory. To validate your CouchRest install, from the project root directory run `rake`, or `autotest` (requires RSpec and optionally ZenTest for autotest support). +The most complete documentation is the spec/ directory. To validate your +CouchRest install, from the project root directory run `rake`, or `autotest` +(requires RSpec and optionally ZenTest for autotest support). === Examples README.rdoc f6f66407c7c2b91969174d40966e6d6289cf4ae7 Chris Anderson jchris@grabb.it http://github.com/jchris/couchrest/commit/f0be835f7972568cd947f83782d3da5f48992a85 f0be835f7972568cd947f83782d3da5f48992a85 2008-10-02T10:57:13-07:00 2008-10-02T10:57:13-07:00 whitespace readme a674040d2c6d465bef4d7826e5abae92aa35d9b5 Chris Anderson jchris@grabb.it