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== What is this? |
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This is a simple HTML prototype of Radiant written in HAML that is designed |
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to be viewed with serve. |
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What is serve? Serve is a rapid prototyping framework for Rails |
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applications. It is designed to compliment Rails development and enforce a |
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strict separation of concerns between designer and developer. Using Serve |
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with Rails allows the designer to happily work in his own space creating an |
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HTML prototype of the application, while the developer works on the Rails |
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application and copies over HTML from the prototype as needed. This allows |
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the designer to focus on presentation and flow while the developer can focus |
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on the implementation. |
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We are presently experimenting with using serve in this capacity to speed |
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the development and implementation of new features in Radiant. |
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= How do I install and run serve? |
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Serve is distributed as a gem to make it easy to get up and running. To |
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install: |
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% sudo gem install serve |
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To get up and running, open up a terminal, cd to this directory and execute: |
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% serve |
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This will startup serve on port 4000. You can now view the prototype in your |
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Web browser at this URL: |
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http://localhost:4000 |
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Click around. You will find that serve enables us to prototype most of the |
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functionality of Radiant without writing a single line of back end code! |
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= Can I contribute? |
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Sure! We welcome contributions to the prototype. If you have an idea for a |
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new feature this is the perfect place to get the action rolling. Once you |
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have it prototyped using serve, create a ticket on the dev site and attach |
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your patch. Then give us a holler on the dev mailing list and we can debate |
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the merits of your idea there. |
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