The basic_settings gem provides a way to define settings objects that define define the structure of application settings, i.e. the various fields that can be set, and their types. It provides type checking, defaults inheritance, and and hierarchical structure.
This class was originally part of the toys-core gem, but was extracted when
it was determined that it was not needed there.
Development is done in GitHub at https://github.com/dazuma/basic_settings.
- To file issues: https://github.com/dazuma/basic_settings/issues.
- For questions and discussion, please do not file an issue. Instead, use the discussions feature: https://github.com/dazuma/basic_settings/discussions.
- Pull requests are welcome, but I recommend first filing an issue, and/or discussing substantial changes in GitHub discussions, before implementing.
The library uses toys for testing and CI. To
run the test suite, gem install toys and then run toys ci. You can also run
unit tests, rubocop, and build tests independently.
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