Podfile DSL

[alloy]

With the addition of the `platform' attribute being important in a Podfile, it became clear that we’ll have to rethink the way in which a Podfile is defined a bit. For now (in master) I have changed it to be the same as a normal specification:

Pod::File.new do |f|
  f.platform :ios

  f.dependency 'JSONKit'
end

However, this will become more of an aesthetic issue once we, for example, add the API to define dependency groups:

Pod::File.new do |f|
  f.platform :ios

  f.dependency 'JSONKit'

  f.group :debug do
    f.dependency "Kiwi", "1.0"
    f.dependency "LRMocky", "0.9.0"
  end
end

We could create a separate DSL for a Podfile which assigns attributes without the = sign, which would make it possible to retain the previous way of defining a Podfile:

platform :ios

dependency 'JSONKit'

group :debug do
  dependency "Kiwi", "1.0"
  dependency "LRMocky", "0.9.0"
end

I’m still on the fence about this, please let me know what you think.

[betamike]

I like the DSL better. The syntax is easier to remember (especially for those who are not Rubyists), and looks more like a 'config' file syntax.

[alloy]

That’s a very good point, Mike! (Re: for the not Rubyists.)

[alloy]

This is the current show stopper for 0.1.0, which I hope to be able to implement tonight.