From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-11-17T20:26:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Nitro + Og 0.25.0 Og scope, dynamic finders, evolution, helpers, bug fixes

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uh, I meant Postgres-pr ... sorry for the typo.

j.

On 11/17/05, Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Heya George,
>
> Congrats on the new version.
>
> I've been looking around, is Nitro currently compatible with postres-pr (
> the pure ruby postgres client library ) ???
>
> I'm hopin' ... Let me know.
>
> j.
>
> On 11/17/05, George Moschovitis <george.moschovitis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear devs,
> >
> > I am pleased to announce new versions of Nitro and Og
> >
> > homepage: http://www.nitrohq.com
> > download: http://rubyforge.org/projects/nitro/
> > mailing list: http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/nitro-general
> > irc: irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> #nitro
> >
> >
> > What new
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >
> > This is the first in a series of releases focused on stability
> > and refinement. Many bugs where fixed, the high level api was
> > improved where needed, and we still got some small but incredibly
> > useful new features. Enjoy!
> >
> > Most notable changes:
> >
> > * Support for constrained / scoped queries in Og, here are
> > some examples:
> >
> > User.with_scope(:condition =3D> 'age > 2') {
> > users =3D User.all
> > }
> >
> > Users.articles.find "title LIKE %t%" # =3D> constrain i users articles.
> >
> > * Dynamic auto generators, you can now query the database in
> > English:
> >
> > User.find_by_name_and_age('gmosx', 'age')
> > User.find_or_create_by_name_and_age(...)
> >
> > * Added experimental version of a new schema evolution system. Assuming
> > evolve_schema =3D true and evolve_schema_cautious =3D false
> >
> > * With this patch, on application startup, fields are added and deleted=
.
> >
> > * During run-time, if the file containing Og.setup is touched,
> > fields are added.
> > * Fields are _not_ deleted during run-time, only at application startup=
.
> >
> > a the moment this works only in the PostgreSQL store, support for more
> > stores is coming in the next versions. Thanks to Rob Pitt and Bryan
> > Sotto
> > for this feature.
> >
> > * Template morphing now handles nested elements, an example:
> >
> > <div if=3D"@user.admin?">
> > <ul>
> > <li each=3D"role in @user.roles" />
> > </ul>
> > </div>
> >
> > * Added some useful helpers to make the code you write cleaner,
> > here are some examples:
> >
> > class Article
> > is Taggable
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > class Article
> > include Og::Taggable
> >
> > or
> >
> > class MainController
> > helper :pager, :javascript, :sitemap
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > class MainController
> > include Nitro::PagerHelper
> > include Nitro::JavascriptHelper
> > ...
> >
> > and stuff like that...
> >
> > * New, improved, clean taggable implementation. This new implementation
> > supports polymorphism.
> >
> > class Article
> > is Taggable
> > end
> >
> > class Photo
> > is Taggable
> > end
> >
> > ...
> >
> > t =3D Tag.find_by_name('new')
> > t.articles
> > t.photos
> >
> > * Added useful StaticInclude as a separate compiler module to act
> > as the first stage in the compilation pipeline.
> >
> > * Integrated latest versions of Prototype, Scriptaculous, KirbyBase
> > and facets.
> >
> > * General code cleanup and refactoring.
> >
> > * Many, many bug fixes, including security fixes.
> >
> >
> > What is Nitro?
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >
> > Nitro provides everything you need to develop professional Web
> > applications using Ruby and Javascript.
> >
> > Nitro redefines Rapid Application Development by providing a
> > clean, yet efficient API, a layer of domain specific languages
> > implemented on top of Ruby and the most powerful and elegant
> > object relational mapping solution available everywhere.
> >
> > Nitro is Web 2.0 ready, featuring excellent support for AJAX,
> > XML, Syndication while staying standards compliant.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > George Moschovitis
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.gmosx.com
> > http://www.navel.gr
> > http://www.nitrohq.com
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "Remember. Understand. Believe. Yield! -> http://ruby-lang.org "
>
> Jeff Wood




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