Bezel

A lightweight MVC framework inspired by Ruby on Rails.
Check it out in action! My SuperMario browser game is built using it. StochasticSuperMario Github

Setup

If you have Ruby and PostgreSQL installed either:

1. clone the StochasticSuperMario repo
2. run bundle install
3. open your favorite developer console
4. require 'Bezel' and any models you'd like to test with
5. play around!

Or

1. gem install bezel-app
2. bezel-app new App Name
3. bezel-app db create
4. bezel-app g migration migration name
5. bezel-app db migrate
6. play around!

Command Line Interface

• bezel-app new [app name]
• bezel-app server
  • -p $PORT (defaults to 8080)
• bezel-app generate
  • model [model name]
  • controller [controller name]
  • migration [migration name]
• bezel-app db
  • create
  • migrate
  • seed
  • reset

Database

The bezel-app commands prefixed with 'db' interact with the Bezel Postgres database.

• bezel-app db create drops any Postgres DB named 'Bezel' and creates a new, empty one.
• bezel-app db migrate finds and any SQL files under db/migrate that have not been migrated and copies them into the DB.
• bezel-app db seed calls Seed::populate in db/seeds.rb, allowing you to quickly reset your DB to a seed file while in development.
• bezel-app db reset executes all three of the above commands

Migrations

Entering bezel-app generate (or bezel-app g) migration [migration name] in the command line will create a time-stamped SQL file under db/migrations. Write SQL in here to stage changes in the DB (add, drop, or change tables), and bezel-app db migrate to implement them.

NB: To reverse a migration that has been run, you must generate a new migration that undoes the changes. Deleting the original migration will do nothing.

Bezel::ControllerBase

Bezel::ControllerBase connects your models to your routes, allowing access to the DB through html.erb views.

Router

Routes live in config/routes.rb. New routes are written using Regex. Open a server connection with the bezel-app server command.

Bezel Console

Access your DB with Bezel::Bezelrecordbase methods by simply entering require 'Bezel' in Pry (or IRB).