From: Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@...>
Date: 2008-01-12T13:35:11+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Vintage 0.0.5 - The super slim web framework for templating

Hello all,
I'd like to announce the next release of Vintage.  It has a few
bugfixes and feature additions.

The next steps after this release are to add session management,
multipart parsing, and tests/specs for all of it (I've been a bad TDD
developer!  Bad bad!)

So what is Vintage?  Vintage is a very small web framework based on
the original idea of Merb: Mongrel serving up ERb (Embedded Ruby)
templates.  The idea has been expanded and now Vintage helps you serve
up ERb, HAML, Textile, Markdown, and Markaby templates.

Basic Usage
-------------------
To use Vintage, you have two options.  You can use it in standard mode
or application mode. In standard mode, there is no configuration and
Vintage will serve up templates and static files  from the current
folder.  To get this mode, then simply type `vintage start` in any
folder.

  $ vintage start
  - vintage version 0.0.1
	   starting server on port 5000

Now navigating to a URL will look in the current folder for the file
or template.  For example, going to
`http://localhost:5000/my_template` will look for `my_template.erb`
(or whatever template engine you are using) in the current folder and
render it if available.  If a static file is requested, then it is
served up.  If you request
`http://localhost:5000/my_folder/my_template`, then the application
will look in `my_folder` for the `my_template` template.

Vintage as an application server
-----------------------------------------------
Vintage can also be configured to be used as an application server.
To do so, you can either generate an application or hand create a
<tt>configuration.yml</tt> file (see one from a generated project for
an example).  To generate an application, simple run `vintage` with a
project name as the argument.

  vintage my_project

This command will generate a number of files.  Chief among these is
`configuration.yml` which tells Vintage how you'd like to run it.
Other files include a sample template and the proper folder structure
for the generated configuration to work properly.  This setup allows
you to more easily segment your code for easier maintenance.

Helpers
------------
Vintage comes with a few helpers that live in Vintage::Helpers.  You
can add your own helpers by creating a `helpers` folder and stashing
modules in there.  As of right now, helpers must live in the
Vintage::Helpers module, but this will hopefully be changing very
soon.

Thanks, and please help me out by filing tickets for bugs or
enhancements at http://vintage.devjavu.com/!

--Jeremy

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