Classy web-development dressed in a DSL

Install!

  sudo gem install sinatra -y

Use!

I‘m going to move quick. I‘ll let you drool at your own pace.

Create a file called lyrics.rb (or any name you like)

Add

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'sinatra'

Run (yes, with just ruby)

  % ruby lyrics.rb
  == Sinata has taken the stage on port 4567!

Take a moment and view the default page localhost:4567. Go ahead and bask in it‘s glory.
Notice:
- It didn‘t create any page to show you that default page (just a cool thing to see, that‘s all)
- There was nothing generated other than a log file
- Sinatra is a really cool name for a web-framework that‘s a DSL
Modify lyrics.rb by adding:
```
  get '/' do
    'Hello World'
  end
```
Refresh (no need to restart Sinatra):
```
  http://localhost:4567
```

Modify again (then refresh):

  get '/' do
    <<-HTML
      <form action='/' method="POST">
        <input type="text" name="name" />
        <input type="submit" value="Say my name!" />
      </form>
    HTML
  end

  post '/' do
    "Hello #{params[:name] || 'World'}!"
  end

Now you try: Use the Sinatra::Erb::EventContext or Sinatra::Haml::EventContext to do the same. Do them inline and as template files.
Learn more cool stuff: see Sinatra::Dsl
Create your own plugins!
1. Create a ‘vendor’ directory in your app directory
2. Lay it out like:
  myapp.rb : root
```
   |- vendor
                | - plugin_name
              | - init.rb  # load and hook here
              | - lib
                    |- modules/classes here
```
3. Use it in your app!
see $SINATRA_GEM_ROOT/vendor/erb or $SINATRA_GEM_ROOT/vendor/erb for examples.
Tell!

We would love to here what you‘re doing with Sinatra and any cool patches/features you would like. (blake { dot } mizerany [ at ] gmail)

Talk!

IRC (irc.freenode.com sinatra) Mailing List (sinatrarb@googlegroups.com)

Contribute

We‘re using git as our scm.. cuz.. it rocks. You can get the latest source from repo.or.cz/w/sinatra.git

NOTE: You can also get tar‘d snapshots of each commit there too. So technically you don‘t need git to get the latest code.

It‘s probably going to happen.. you‘ll find a bug. Please help by:

Sending a message to sintrarb@googlegroups.com with BUG: at the start of the subject (I‘m working on a better tracking system)
Please send patches or pull requests to (blake { dot } mizerany [ at ] gmail) don‘t forget the dot com. ;)

Thanks!

Ezra Zygmuntowicz (brainspl.at) for answering all those random questions over IM and all the poached code
Ditto to Chris Wanstrath (errtheblog.com) and helping me keep things simple, and some cool tricks
Ari Lerner over at CitrusByte for ideas, code, and enthusiasm
Christian Neukirchen for Rack (rack.rubyforge.org/)
Koshi (www.songbirdnest.com/jkoshi/blog) here at POTI, Inc. for the Sinatra mark
Pete Golibersuch for the hat logo
John Philip Green (www.linkedin.com/in/johngreen) for motivation and evangelism
The team here at songbirdnest.com for cool ideas

README

Classy web-development dressed in a DSL

Install!

Use!

Thanks!