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# README

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Last Update: | Tue Mar 03 13:34:13 -0700 2009

merb-core

A new branch of Merb (sometimes referred to as merb-next) which aims to provide a stable, stripped down API for the Merb 1.0 release.

This branch was based off the 0.5 release series with significant rewrites.

Goals of this release:

      * Stabilize the @public interface methods to provide for a more consistent application development experience.
      * Remove features until nothing except a central application API is left
      * Improve comments on methods using a standard documentation methodology as described in DOCUMENTATION_STANDARDS
      * Separate the tests into two sections... "private" and "public"
        * Public methods are methods tagged with @public that will be part of the standard, stable Merb API
        * Private methods are implementation methods that might
      * Implement a new render API
      * Build more extensions to regain selected features when needed

To familiarize yourself with how a merb-core application might look, use merb-gen (from merb-more) to generate a few apps:

$ merb-gen app myapp # merb stack app, assuming you are using DM and RSpec

The only option you can use with stack is —template_engine=(erb|haml). Default is erb.

$ merb-gen core myapp # a "regular" app without any predefined dependencies

Options available:

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