[ann] Say hello to Erica web

[Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

Just a quick mail to announce the first release of erica web a
minimalistic couchapp editor. You can find a demo on vimeo [1] . Code
and binary are available on my github [2] .

Enjoy,

- benoît

[1] http://vimeo.com/30398347
[2] https://github.com/benoitc/erica

Re: [ann] Say hello to Erica web

[Peter Nolan <pe...@gmail.com>]

documentation is always a must!

Thanks for the help man.  This will certainly reduce production time now.

Good luck with your projects.

-Pete

Re: [ann] Say hello to Erica web

[Benoit Chesneau <bc...@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Peter Nolan <pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just wanted to stop by and say good work.  Having recently made the full
> jump to ubuntu and erica this is welcomed news.
>
> Just a quick question though on vanilla local erica, how can i setup a
> template?  I'm still really confused by the help options shown in the
> terminal.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -Pete
>

Yes sorry, I shoudl give more love to the documentation. I will do
that asap. By setup you mean using our own template ? Anyway here is
some doc. I will put it on the erica wiki on github asap. Hope it
helps,

- benoît

To list templates installed:

$ erica list-templates
==> test (list-templates)
Available templates:
	* couchapp: priv/templates/couchapp.template (escript)
	* example: priv/templates/example.template (escript)
	* simpleapp: priv/templates/simpleapp.template (escript)

To use a template:

    $ erica create appid="yourappname" template="simpleapp" lang="javascript"

To create a blank app (== simpleapp) :

    $ erica create-app  appid=AppID lang=Lang


You can add your own templates in ~/.erica/templates . For example to
install the backbone-couchdb template [1] .simply link the
backbone-couchdb folder to ~/.erica/templates.

    $ cd refuge
    $ git clone https://github.com/janmonschke/backbone-couchdb.git
    $ cd ~/.erica/templates/ && ln -s ~/refuge/backbone-couchdb .
    $ erica list-templates
    ==> templates (list-templates)
    Available templates:
        * backbone:
/Users/benoitc/.erica/templates/backbone-couchdb/backbone.template
(file)
        * couchapp: priv/templates/couchapp.template (escript)
        * example: priv/templates/example.template (escript)
        * simpleapp: priv/templates/simpleapp.template (escript)

backbone.template looks like:

    $ more backbone-couchdb/backbone.template
    {variables, [{appid, "myapp"}, {lang, "javascript"}]}.

    {dir, "{{appid}}/_attachments"}.
    {dir, "{{appid}}/views"}.
    {dir, "{{appid}}/views/byCollection"}.

    {template, "template/_id", "{{appid}}/_id"}.
    {template, "template/language", "{{appid}}/language"}.
    {file, "template/couchapp_rc", "{{appid}}/.couchapprc"}.

    %% backbone
    {file, "backbone-couchdb.js", "{{appid}}/_attachments/backbone-couchdb.js"}.
    {file, "template/backbone.js", "{{appid}}/_attachments/backbone.js"}.
    {file, "template/underscore.js", "{{appid}}/_attachments/underscore.js"}.
    {template, "template/app.js", "{{appid}}/_attachments/app.js"}.
    {file, "template/map.js", "{{appid}}/views/byCollection/map.js"}.

* file: used to copy a file
* dir: used t copy a dir
* template: used to pass environment variables

variables defaults can be set in variables and are passed on the command
line.

[1] https://github.com/janmonschke/backbone-couchdb

Re: [ann] Say hello to Erica web

[Peter Nolan <pe...@gmail.com>]

Just wanted to stop by and say good work.  Having recently made the full
jump to ubuntu and erica this is welcomed news.

Just a quick question though on vanilla local erica, how can i setup a
template?  I'm still really confused by the help options shown in the
terminal.

Thanks again,

-Pete