Greg H. wrote:
Hi,
Just found and started to look at Streamlined
(http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/). It looks very interesting
however I couldn’t find a mailing list or contact me link.
From their blog, it appears you can contact the developers via
streamlined AT relevancellc DOT com
Just wondering:
[1] How mature is Streamlined? What sort of uptake does it have?
It is very new. DHH has just commented favourably on it, here:
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/16/streamlined-taking-admins-beyond-scaffolding
Comments to his blog post were critical of the current look and feel,
and the Streamlined team is addressing this by working with the
developer of the Ajax scaffold.
If I remember correctly, Dave T. also mentioned Streamlined in his
RailsConf keynote. He highlighted three directions in which he felt
Rails needed to improve, one of which was high-quality scaffolding, and
he mentioned Streamlined as a candidate for this.
The authors of Streamlined are well-respected people who have come to
Ruby and Rails from the “Better, Faster Lighter Java” movement (Justin
Gehtland co-wrote the book of that name with Bruce Tate).
http://www.relevancellc.com/main/about
So I would say: watch it carefully, try it out, if you like it and want
it to move faster or in a particular direction, see if you can
contribute.
[2] It it opensource?
Yes, MIT license:
http://svn.streamlinedframework.org:8079/streamlined/MIT-LICENSE
(Note that the subversion repository is now accessible, despite what it
says on the download page)
[3] Do people see it as a strategic add on to Rails at all (i.e. to
complement rather than compete with rails)?
Yes, it adds to Rails rather than competing with it.
regards
Justin F.