> The theme of this release is "rules as data" Yay!
Great job Ryan. I look forward to checking out your changes. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Ryan Brush <rbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The 0.4.0 release of Clara is up on Clojars. The github page is at [1]. > > The theme of this release is "rules as data", which I wrote about at [2]. In > a nutshell, all rules and the Rete network itself are defined by > well-defined data structures (via Prismatic Schema), which opens a lot of > doors: > > * Alternate front ends to Clara can now be written, generating rules in the > schema-compliant format. If the "defrule"-style DSL isn't your thing, you > can generate rules via any mechanism you want. > * Tooling can now be written to inspect the rules and their relationships, > with some examples in the blog at [2]. > * The Rete network itself is also a schema-defined data structure, opening > the door for visualizing the working memory itself. > > There are some breaking changes for the ClojureScript support: I moved the > logic to generate a Rete network in ClojureScript to be driven at compile > time...meaning we can assemble an optimized network on the server, rather > than having the client do that computation every time it loads. Details and > an example are linked at [3]. I haven't yet used the ClojureScript version > "in anger", but am maintaining it because there is interest and it's cool to > see this running in a browser. ;) > > I expect future releases to be smaller and more frequent. Getting Clara on a > solid basis of well-defined structures was a significant effort, but I think > it puts it in a stronger position with a number of advantages over existing > rule engines. > > [1] > https://github.com/rbrush/clara-rules > [2] > http://www.toomuchcode.org/blog/2014/01/19/rules-as-data/ > [3] > https://github.com/rbrush/clara-rules/wiki/ClojureScript > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- http://blog.fogus.me -- http://github.com/fogus -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
