= Gigantron: Processor of Data

http://gigantron.rubyforge.org
http://github.com/schleyfox/gigantron

== DESCRIPTION:

Gigantron is a simple framework for the creation and organization of
data processing projects. Data-processing transforms are created as Rake tasks
and data is handled through ActiveRecord* models.

* Will switch back to DataMapper once it plays nice with JRuby

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Features:
* Generates folder/file structure for new DP projects
* Contains generators for both models and tasks

== SYNOPSIS:

Use:

shell> $ gigantron projectname

to generate the project folder and then

shell> $ script/generate model modelname

OR 

shell> $ script/generate task taskname

to add code.

== REQUIREMENTS:

* RubyGems
* RubiGen
* Rake
* ActiveRecord
* ActiveSupport
* Shoulda

== INSTALL:

sudo gem install gigantron

== HACKING:

Check out the website for a quick overview of how to fiddle with the generators
behind Gigantron. http://gigantron.rubyforge.org.

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 Ben Hughes

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