6 Introducing the new <a href="http://github.com/moonmaster9000/binder">binder</a> gem. Read about the impetus for this <a href="http://moonmaster9000.tumblr.com/post/401320361/binder-for-all-your-esoteric-proc-closure-needs">here</a> and <a href="http://moonmaster9000.tumblr.com/post/398991873/creating-cleaner-apis">here</a>. Checkout the source <a href="http://github.com/moonmaster9000/binder">here</a>. 2010-02-20T23:25:31+00:00 false 3505 2010-02-20T23:25:31+00:00 1173 2 The day has finally arrived where you can run a browser-less javascript + DOM environment from within Ruby. <a href="http://github.com/mynyml/harmony">Harmony</a> offers a convenient DSL that allows you to get started simply and easily. There is even a Rails plugin (<a href="http://github.com/mynyml/holygrail">holygrail</a>) for functional tests. You can now leverage the power of the command line to do with JS what once required a browser. 2010-02-12T20:52:25+00:00 true 3447 2010-02-12T22:01:22+00:00 775 0 <a href="http://github.com/snitko/mmmenu">Mmmenu</a> is a Rails plugin that provides a nice DSL for creating multi-level menus. 2010-01-22T19:19:16+00:00 false 3317 2010-01-22T19:19:16+00:00 1149 0 Yehuda Katz details advanced route methods added in the newly rewritten routes DSL. Essentialy, he talks about how Django's generic views can be ported to Rails 3. Check it out <a href="http://yehudakatz.com/2009/12/20/generic-actions-in-rails-3/">here</a>. 2009-12-21T09:19:25+00:00 false 3174 2009-12-21T09:19:25+00:00 974 0 <a href="http://xdotcommer.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/flotomatic-a-new-graphing-plugin-for-rails/">Flotomatic</a> is a new Rails plugin built on top of flot (jquery / javascript based graphs). It's got a nice DSL that makes it really easy to drop graphs into your site. 2009-12-01T03:52:17+00:00 false 3107 2009-12-01T03:52:17+00:00 575 0 <a href="http://github.com/cldwalker/boson/#readme">Boson</a> is a new gem which blurs the distinction between writing ruby commands for use in irb or in a shell. It comes with a powerful option parser, ability to write commands in plain non-dsl ruby and a command manager. <a href="http://tagaholic.me/2009/10/14/boson-command-your-ruby-universe.html">The intro post</a> explains its basic features. <a href="http://tagaholic.me/2009/10/15/boson-and-hirb-interactions.html">The second post</a> reveals its integration with <a href="http://github.com/cldwalker/hirb">Hirb</a> to produce <a href="http://tagaholic.me/2009/10/15/boson-and-hirb-interactions.html#to_render_or_not_to_render">a toggleable Hirb view per command</a> and <a href="http://tagaholic.me/2009/10/15/boson-and-hirb-interactions.html#github_boson_library">a useful github library</a>. 2009-10-16T09:39:29+00:00 false 2880 2009-10-16T09:39:29+00:00 663 1 ever needed a way to grade how complete a user profile is? look no further than <b><a href="http://github.com/joshk/completeness-fu" rel="nofollow" >completeness-fu</a></b>, a simple dsl which allows you to describe checks to determine how complete a class instance is, similar to LinkedIn and the 'profile completeness' indicator. read more about it <a href="http://blog.tty.nl/2009/09/23/100-completeness-fu/" rel="nofollow" >here</a>. 2009-09-23T21:33:21+00:00 false 2799 2009-09-24T08:31:34+00:00 1015 11 <a href="http://github.com/elight/coulda/tree/master">Coulda</a> is a new testing library by Evan Light that provides "Cucumber-like BDD power but with an internal DSL." Further: <em>"coulda believes that the best way to reuse code is the good ol’ fashioned method. Instead of sharing files of regexps mapped to procs, you just write methods. That simple.</em> 2009-09-12T21:43:34+00:00 true 2750 2009-09-13T16:57:34+00:00 5 3 <a href="http://github.com/josevalim/inherited_resources">Inherited Resources</a> is growing in a fast pace and now <a href="http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2009/08/inherited-resources-is-scopes-and-responder-fluent/">it supports named scopes and ActionController::Responder from Rails 3.0 was backported</a>! And be sure to let a comment if you agree or not with the new proposed DSL. 2009-08-28T17:12:33+00:00 false 2678 2009-08-28T17:12:33+00:00 665 0 The <a href="http://github.com/polly/ffmpeg/tree/master" rel="nofollow" >ffmpeg</a> gem provides a nice and easy to use ruby dsl for interfacing with FFmpeg. 2009-08-06T19:38:59+00:00 false 2596 2009-08-06T19:38:59+00:00 933 0 They just released the speaker announcement on to the website: <a href="http://rubyhoedown.com">http://rubyhoedown.com</a> They've got a little bit of everything in there: deep technical talks on building external DSLs with fancy parsers and such, some sweet MacRuby action, a great talk from a Sunlight Labs employee about being a civic coder, and much, much more. Check out the speaker list for a full list of speakers and topics! 2009-07-10T05:40:23+00:00 false 2488 2009-07-10T10:08:11+00:00 731 0 <a href="http://tagaholic.me/2009/07/07/alias-quickness-in-the-ruby-console.html">This post</a> introduces the Alias gem which makes creation of aliases easy and configurable. Alias already supports aliasing constants, instance methods, class methods and delegated methods. With its aliasing DSL, creating your own alias types is a cinch. 2009-07-07T10:59:50+00:00 true 2474 2009-07-15T19:11:04+00:00 663 0 <a href="http://github.com/adamsalter/sitemap_generator-plugin/tree/master" rel="nofollow" >SitemapGenerator</a> enables Google Sitemaps to be easily generated for a Rails site as a rake task, using a simple 'Rails Routes'-like DSL. Sounds pretty familiar right? (well except for the Routes-like DSL) But it's not... it actually works the way you would expect. Plus it allows you to take care of familiar issues like: gzip of Sitemap files, variable priority of links, paging/sorting links (e.g. my_list?page=3), SSL host links (e.g. https:), Rails apps which are installed on a sub-path (e.g. example.com/blog_app/) and hidden ajax routes. As stated in the docs, it does have one shortcoming though - it only supports a maximum of 2.5 billion urls, after which you're on your own. 2009-07-02T10:32:54+00:00 false 2443 2009-07-02T10:32:54+00:00 891 0 <a href="http://endofline.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/sexp_path/">SexpPath</a> is a library that defines a neat DSL for pattern matching against S-Expressions, for instance the ruby Abstract Syntax Tree. Kind of like XPath or Regular Expressions for your code. 2009-06-23T05:55:51+00:00 false 2412 2009-06-23T05:55:51+00:00 269 1 <a href="http://github.com/jcoglan/consent" rel="nofollow" >Consent</a> provides a DSL for matching HTTP requests and managing access control to Rails apps. Recently updated to support Rails 2.3 and provide shorthand URL generator expressions for controller and view code. 2009-05-10T22:23:34+00:00 true 2209 2009-05-16T16:07:00+00:00 824 0 I'm <a href="http://devoh.com/posts/2009/05/relaxed-and-relieved" rel="nofollow" >relaxed and relieved</a> to release two new DSLs for defining web service consumers and custom XML parsers. 2009-05-08T21:58:53+00:00 false 2201 2009-05-08T21:59:58+00:00 822 9 <a href="http://aub.github.com/record_filter/" rel="nofollow" >Record Filter</a> is a pure-Ruby API for ActiveRecord that uses an expressive DSL to replace nasty hard-coded SQL with beautiful Ruby. It works seamlessly with your existing named scopes, but once you see it you might just want to rewrite them all. Check out the <a href="http://github.com/aub/record_filter/tree/master" rel="nofollow" >project home</a> or the <a href="http://aub.github.com/record_filter/rdoc/" rel="nofollow" >rdocs</a> for more info. 2009-05-06T20:58:11+00:00 false 2186 2009-05-06T20:58:11+00:00 816 4 <a href="http://github.com/carlosbrando/remarkable">Remarkable 3.0</a> is released and <a href="http://www.nomedojogo.com/2009/04/14/remarkable-30-is-out-and-its-well-remarkable/">Carlos Brando put up a post</a> with all the new features which goes from I18n to new macros for Rails, including a DSL for your controller specs. 2009-04-14T16:05:58+00:00 false 2061 2009-04-14T16:05:58+00:00 665 0 Simple form is a nifty DSL for contact forms, which will be ready to go in a minute! Blog post <a href="http://josevalim.blogspot.com/2009/04/3-2-1-go-your-contact-form-is-ready.html">here</a> and Github page <a href="http://github.com/josevalim/simple_form">here</a>. 2009-04-05T09:18:30+00:00 false 2012 2009-04-05T09:18:30+00:00 665 Christian Johansen 0 <a href="http://www.cjohansen.no/en/ruby/twibot_a_microframework_for_twitter_bots_in_ruby" rel="nofollow" >Twibot</a> makes writing Twitter bots in Ruby easy and fun! Twibot offers a Sinatra inspired DSL that will allow you to write a working bot with only four lines of code. 2009-03-15T21:07:21+00:00 false 1894 2009-03-15T21:07:21+00:00 Mischa Fierer 0 For intermediate rubyists, a look at how to write easy to use DSLs, with a focus on Machinist, a plugin for ditching fixtures. <a href="http://themomorohoax.com/2009/02/25/how-to-write-a-clean-ruby-dsl-rails" rel="nofollow" >Part 1 explains why you might want to write a dsl in ruby</a>. <a href="http://themomorohoax.com/2009/02/25/how-to-write-a-clean-ruby-dsl-part-2-line-by-line-with-machinist-rails" rel="nofollow" >Part 2 takes a deep look at the machinist code</a>. <a href="http://themomorohoax.com/2009/02/25/ruby-dsl-part-3-summary" rel="nofollow" >Part 3 summarizes the techniques used by machinist</a>. 2009-02-25T08:32:06+00:00 false 1781 2009-02-25T15:11:48+00:00 Evil Trout 0 Forumwarz's <a href="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/conversation_editor/conversation_editor.html" rel="nofollow" >conversation editor</a> creates Ruby code from a visual finite state machine. 2009-02-17T19:44:19+00:00 false 1739 2009-02-17T19:44:19+00:00 0 <a href="http://stonean.com/wiki/lockdown">Lockdown</a>, an authentication/authorization system for Rails 2.x, has just released version 0.8.0. Improved DSL for defining permissions in preparation for the <a href="http://blog.stonean.com/2009/01/23/upcoming-dsl-for-defining-lockdown-rules/">model level security coming in version 0.9.0.</a> 2009-02-08T22:29:21+00:00 false 1669 2009-02-09T01:22:16+00:00 165 0 <a href="http://github.com/nakajima/sinatras-hat/tree/master">Sinatra's Hat</a>, the library that lets you create a RESTful Sinatra app in <strong>1 line of code</strong> has been completely rewritten, wit a new and improved API. Example <code>mount Article</code>. And that's it. It works with ActiveRecord out of the box, but can support any ORM. It also supports nested resources, the ability to specify actions to be protected via basic auth, custom formatters, and a sweet DSL for specifying custom flow control. 2009-01-31T19:00:13+00:00 false 1608 2009-01-31T23:00:50+00:00 288 koneko 0 Harald is a Ruby-based nano-test-framework for Bluetooth adapters and devices on Linux. Harald tries to simplify the somewhat random collection of Bluetooth testing tools on Linux into a small Domain Specific Language (DSL). A tutorial and technical summary of the initial version of Harald can be found at Technetra <a href="http://www.technetra.com/2009/01/22/introducing-harald-the-ruby-bluetooth-tester/" rel="nofollow" >here</a>. 2009-01-22T19:21:03+00:00 false 1569 2009-01-22T19:21:03+00:00 0 Role-based authorization system with a nice DSL for specifying access control rules. Available on <a href="http://github.com/be9/acl9">github</a>. 2009-01-04T05:24:50+00:00 false 1463 2009-01-04T05:24:50+00:00 586 0 A Domain-specific language(DSL) is a computer language that's targeted to a particular kind of problem, rather than a general purpose language that's aimed at any kind of software problem <a href="http://www.khelll.com/blog/ruby/ruby-and-internal-dsls/">continue here...</a> 2008-12-30T18:57:32+00:00 false 1448 2008-12-30T18:57:32+00:00 528 0 I posted my notes from Neal Ford's talk at Rubyconf 2008. Here is the working <a href="http://jroller.com/dscataglini/entry/railsconf_2008_advanced_dsls_in">Link</a>. He also posted the slides of his talk online <a href="http://www.nealford.com/downloads/conferences/canonical/Neal_Ford-Advanced_DSLs_in_Ruby-slides.pdf">here</a> 2008-11-11T01:38:02+00:00 false 1167 2008-11-11T01:38:02+00:00 492 merb-pr 2 <a href="http://merbist.com" rel="nofollow" >The Merbist</a> published a great <a href="http://merbist.com/2008/11/09/merb-1-0-released/" rel="nofollow" >article about Merb 1.0 release</a>. In the long list of the compelling reasons to use Merb, you will find and interesting quote from Matz(Ruby creator) himself: <em> [..] I think that that Merb will give users more freedom in a Ruby-ish way of programming [..]</em> The entire quote is available in the <a href="http://merbist.com/2008/11/09/merb-1-0-released/" rel="nofollow" >blog post</a>. But basically, Matz in enthusiastic about the fact that Merb tries to be closer to the Ruby language and Ruby philosophy instead of trying to create a web DSL on top of the language. Merb is "bringing back" Ruby and is trying to reunite the Ruby web world with the rest of the Ruby community. Now that Merb is 1.0 and companies like yellowpages.com are using Merb, you don't have any excuses to not give it a try. 2008-11-10T07:16:57+00:00 false 1160 2008-11-10T12:56:26+00:00 0 <a href="http://github.com/nakajima/roleful/tree/master">roleful</a> is a DSL for your classes that handles roles and permissions. All you have to do is declare your roles, then provide a #role instance method to determine what role(s) an object has. Roleful will then let you know what your object can and can't do. The point of it is not to implement something you couldn't do better yourself. It's to implement something well enough so you don't have to think about it. 2008-10-31T06:59:56+00:00 false 1114 2008-10-31T06:59:56+00:00 288 0 <a href="http://www.daniel-azuma.com/blog/view/z3bqa0t01uugg1/implementing_dsl_blocks">Implementing DSL Blocks</a> is a lengthy but thorough survey of various strategies, referencing some of the recent discussion on instance_eval. The posting also describes a gem called <a href="http://virtuoso.rubyforge.org/blockenspiel">Blockenspiel</a> that helps with DSL block implementations. 2008-10-30T02:35:13+00:00 false 1109 2008-10-30T02:35:13+00:00 34 0 Daniel Spiewak laces up not only <a href-"http://www.codecommit.com/blog/ruby/jruby-interop-dsl-in-scala">a DSL for Scala to call JRuby</a>, but also <a href="http://www.codecommit.com/blog/ruby/integrating-scala-into-jruby">a DSL for JRuby to run Scala</a>. 2008-10-29T03:59:09+00:00 false 1105 2008-10-29T03:59:09+00:00 99 0 <a href="http://www.matthewdavidwilliams.com/2008/10/17/introducing-barduino-the-ruby-powered-bar-monkey/">Barduino</a> was introduced at the <a href="http://www.orug.org">Orlando Ruby Users Group</a> meeting last night. It's a bar monkey implementation using an Arduino microcontroller, programmed with the <a href="http://rad.rubyforge.org">Ruby Arduino Development</a> framework and controlled with a Ruby DSL; Barduino-tender. 2008-10-17T17:27:07+00:00 false 1051 2008-10-17T17:27:07+00:00 436 0 Several recent blog posts about instance_eval: a <a href="http://olabini.com/blog/2008/09/dont-overuse-instance_eval-and-instance_exec/">warning not to overuse it</a>, making it optional by <a href="http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/dsl_block_styles">checking blog arity</a>, <a href="http://hackety.org/2008/10/06/mixingOurWayOutOfInstanceEval.html">mixing and unmixing</a> instead of using instance_eval, and <a href="http://www.dcmanges.com/blog/ruby-dsls-instance-eval-with-delegation">using instance_eval with delegation</a>. 2008-10-08T05:12:15+00:00 false 1007 2008-10-08T05:12:15+00:00 169 Ben Mabey 0 An article walking through how to create shoulda-like macros in rspec. Extending rspec's DSL is easier than you think! <a href="http://www.benmabey.com/2008/06/08/writing-macros-in-rspec/" rel="nofollow" >Writing Macros in RSpec</a> 2008-06-09T06:12:05+00:00 false 463 2008-06-09T06:12:05+00:00 3 <a href="http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/303681">Sequel 2.0 has been released.</a> Sequel is a popular database / SQL abstraction library. It provides thread safety, connection pooling and a concise DSL for constructing database queries and table schemas, as well as a simple ORM layer. 2008-06-02T23:36:26+00:00 false 435 2008-06-02T23:36:26+00:00 5