@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ ShamRack plumbs Net:HTTP into [Rack][rack]. What's it for, again? --------------------- -Well, you can _test your HTTP client code_, using ShamRack to stub out an external web-service. Think of it as [FakeWeb][fakeweb] on steriods. +Well, it makes it easy to _stubbing out external (HTTP) services_, which is handy in development and testing environments, or when you want to _test your HTTP client code_. -Or, you can _test your Rack application_ (or Sinatra, or Rails, or Merb) using arbitrary HTTP client libraries, to check interoperability. For instance, you could hit a local app using: +You can also use it to _test your Rack application_ (or Sinatra, or Rails, or Merb) using arbitrary HTTP client libraries, to check interoperability. For instance, you could test your app using: * [`rest-client`][rest-client] * [`httparty`][httparty] * [`oauth`][oauth] +all without having to boot it in a server. + Installing it ------------- README.markdown fea4a51bb10cc23112f80e8c43792d90e4d63b05 Mike Williams mdub@dogbiscuit.org http://github.com/mdub/sham_rack/commit/56ff76c2d45c3687d661963691d39329fcd4b0da 56ff76c2d45c3687d661963691d39329fcd4b0da 2009-07-30T04:46:41-07:00 2009-07-30T04:46:41-07:00 Tweak doco. 964ea630aac3aa30c6243bc961932618878bc407 Mike Williams mdub@dogbiscuit.org