@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ - - ~= THE INVISIBLE FRAMEWORK =~ - += THE INVISIBLE FRAMEWORK Invisible is like a giant robot combining the awesomeness of Rails, Merb, Camping and Sinatra. Except, it's tiny (100 sloc). @@ -12,9 +10,54 @@ Get started today! invisible my_lil_app cd my_lil_app - script/server + thin start config/rack.ru edit app.rb +Or, if you're really into tiny things: + + invisible my_very_lil_app --flat + +== Build web apps in just a few lines +The app syntax looks a lot like Sinatra: + + get "/session/:value" do + session[:invisible] = params[:value] + render do + h2 "I added this to the session for you:" + pre params[:value].inspect + p { a "Go back", :href => "/" } + end + end + +You can also render ERB, eRubis and Haml templates. + +== TATFT (aka Test all the fucking time) +Invisible also comes with support for easy +testing, using Test::Unit or RSpec. + + def test_should_get_root + assert get("/").ok? + end + + it "should get /" do + get("/").should be_ok + end + +== The extras you were missing in a micro-framework +Invisible has: +* reloading +* configurable multi-environment support +* multi-app in the same VM +* session support (Cookie, Memcache, etc.) +* a love affair with Rack middlewares +* another love affair with testing +* load just what you need approach (low mem) +* awesomeness builtin, twice! +* all that under 100 LOC (+ taxes) + +I'm like, WOW! What are you waiting for? +Go build the next Twitter now, mkay? + Ruby License, http://ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt Invisible is copyright Marc-Andre Cournoyer macournoyer@gmail.com README f6a819c4c6446ac5ad5091ed3603622c95e73ccc macournoyer macournoyer@gmail.com http://github.com/macournoyer/invisible/commit/cef752bafb3578713c1998cc2c473d98c4f8025a cef752bafb3578713c1998cc2c473d98c4f8025a 2008-11-11T20:43:32-08:00 2008-11-11T20:43:32-08:00 README v3 e9bd732d4cc353f34691c6678b9d77408dd762f7 macournoyer macournoyer@gmail.com