[ANN] WeCode Libraries: An easy way to share code over the network (our rubygem thing)

[Andre Garzia]

Folks,

I've added the list of available libraries...

http://wecode.org/libraries

Let us use this, makes life easier!

Cheers
andre

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Andre Garzia <andre at andregarzia.com> wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> Its been a productive night in here and I am proud to present WeCode
> Libraries. I've always been somewhat ashamed that unlike Ruby, Perl, Lisp
> coders out there, we didn't had some nice and simple way of loading
> libraries over the network, a central repository like CPAN. Yes we have
> RevOnline, but it doesn't make it easy or automatic to load a library, so I
> decided to fill the void.
>
> http://wecode.org/libraries
>
> WHAT IS THIS THING
>
> It is an IDE plugin and a Library in the same stack. As a plugin it allows
> you to register a library with our system, basically you inform login
> details, library details (which URL it is located for example), library
> dependencies and the like. After you add the library, it is instantly
> available for all other RevTalk developers using this library.
>
> As a library it provides two commands. One loads a library and its
> dependencies over the network, the other command does the exact same thing
> but also saves it to a file in your HD so that other attempts to load the
> library will load from HD and not the network. Libraries are saved in a very
> organized way.
>
> The system can handle multiple versions of a library, multiple libraries
> per author and multiple libraries dependencies.
>
> HOW TO USE IT TO LOAD A LIBRARY
>
> After putting the WeCode Library stack into use, just do like:
>
>   wcRequire "soapdog/vobjectlib/1.0"
>
> Which will load vObjectLib version 1.0 by SoapDog along with all it's
> dependencies. If you want to install it to your HD, do like:
>
>   wcRequireAndInstall "soapdog/vobjectlib/1.0"
>
> ATTENTION: WeCode Libraries is not hosting your library, we just record
> metadata, so when you load a remote library, it gets the URL from where it
> is available and load from there. Check the lessons on the site.
>
> WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
>
> Well, the system is pretty usable as it is. I though about bulk adding all
> the libraries I know of but then, I want each author to do it under their
> own account, it helps to stay organized. Later I will add a way to browse
> the library collection using the web. Right now, you need to know what you
> want to load. The format is always the same, it is
> username/libraryname/version.
>
> This was created on a single night but I think it is a good thing. I'd
> appreciate feedback.
>
> Cheers and Have Fun
> Andre
>
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>



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