From: Anton Bangratz <tony@...>
Date: 2009-06-18T15:29:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] enterprise 1.0.0 Released

Aaron Patterson wrote:
> enterprise version 1.0.0 has been released!
> 
> * <http://github.com/tenderlove/enterprise/>
> 
> Wish you could write your Ruby in XML?  Has the fact that Ruby is not
> "enterprise" got you down?  Do you feel like your Ruby code could be made to
> be more "scalable"?  Well look no further my friend.  You've found the
> enterprise gem.  Once you install this gem, you too can make Rails scale, Ruby
> faster, your code more attractive, *and* have more XML in your life.
> 
> I'm sure you're asking yourself, "how can the enterprise gem promise so
> much?".  Well the answer is easy, through the magic of XML!  The enterprise
> gem allows you to write your Ruby code in XML, therefore making your Ruby and
> Rails code scale.  Benefits of writing your code in XML include:
> 
> * It's easy to read!
> * It scales!
> * Cross platform
> * TRANSFORM! your code using XSLT!
> * Search your AST with XPath *or* CSS!
> 
> The enterprise gem even comes with a handy "enterprise" binary to help you
> start converting your existing *legacy* Ruby code in to scaleable, easy to
> read XML files.  Let's start getting rid of that nasty Ruby code and replacing
> it with XML today!
> 
> ## FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
> 
> * require files completely written in XML
> * convert existing legacy ruby code to XML
> 
> ## SYNOPSIS:
> 
> Let's say you have some legacy Ruby code that looks like this:
> 
>   class Foo
>     def hello_world
>       "bar"
>     end
>   end
>   
>   puts Foo.new.hello_world
> 
> Let's convert that crappy ruby code to XML:
> 
>   <?xml version="1.0"?>
>   <s>
>     <block type="Symbol" value="block"/>
>     <s>
>       <class type="Symbol" value="class"/>
>       <Foo type="Symbol" value="Foo"/>
>       <special type="NilClass" value=""/>
>       <s>
>         <scope type="Symbol" value="scope"/>
>         <s>
>           <defn type="Symbol" value="defn"/>
>           <special type="Symbol" value="hello_world"/>
>           <s>
>             <args type="Symbol" value="args"/>
>           </s>
>           <s>
>             <scope type="Symbol" value="scope"/>
>             <s>
>               <block type="Symbol" value="block"/>
>               <s>
>                 <str type="Symbol" value="str"/>
>                 <bar type="String" value="bar"/>
>               </s>
>             </s>
>           </s>
>         </s>
>       </s>
>     </s>
>     <s>
>       <call type="Symbol" value="call"/>
>       <special type="NilClass" value=""/>
>       <puts type="Symbol" value="puts"/>
>       <s>
>         <arglist type="Symbol" value="arglist"/>
>         <s>
>           <call type="Symbol" value="call"/>
>           <s>
>             <call type="Symbol" value="call"/>
>             <s>
>               <const type="Symbol" value="const"/>
>               <Foo type="Symbol" value="Foo"/>
>             </s>
>             <new type="Symbol" value="new"/>
>             <s>
>               <arglist type="Symbol" value="arglist"/>
>             </s>
>           </s>
>           <special type="Symbol" value="hello_world"/>
>           <s>
>             <arglist type="Symbol" value="arglist"/>
>           </s>
>         </s>
>       </s>
>     </s>
>   </s>
> 
> Now, simply save that XML file out to "test.xml".  With the enterprise gem,
> to execute this xml file, we just do:
> 
>   $ enterprise_ruby test.xml
> 
> enterprise lets you do a require on pure xml files too.  We can load the
> test.xml file like so:
> 
>   require 'rubygems'
>   require 'enterprise'
>   require 'test'
> 
> The final feature is an enterprise migration assistant.  To migrate an entire
> project to be enterprise, just do this:
> 
>   $ enterprise some_directory
> 
> To make a single file enterprise, just give it the filename:
> 
>   $ enterprise some_file.rb
> 
> I'm sure you're asking yourself, "how much does this enterprise solution cost
> me?".  Well, like any good enterprise system, it is insanely expensive.  This
> gem will cost you eleventy billion dollars payable to me, now.
> 
> ## REQUIREMENTS:
> 
> Like all good enterprise solutions, we do our best to get you stuck in a web
> of dependencies.  We are working hard to increase the number of dependencies,
> but here is the current list
> 
> * ruby2ruby
> * ruby_parser
> * nokogiri
> * polyglot
> 
> ## INSTALL:
> 
> * sudo gem install enterprise
> Changes:
> 
> ### 1.0.0 / 2009-06-17
> 
> * 1 major enhancement
> 
>   * Entering in to the enterprise
>   * Bringing ruby in the back door
> 

Can't wait to show that to the decision makers.

Thanks!

t.