There is no online demo but that is something that will be coming soon. In the meantime you can build your own demo following the instructions here[1].
Please post your feedback on the RC mailing list. I'd love to get some input on what I have so far. Sean [1] http://code.google.com/p/railscart/ On Jan 20, 2008 10:52 AM, Nathaniel Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean, where is a demo I can see? > > > > On 1/19/08, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Engines is under active development (it was just updated to support > > Rails 2.0). I'm also working on a commerce app ( http://railscart.org) > > and it uses Engines. It works nicely and will allow applications > > using my commerce plugin to upgrade the plugin independent of the rest > > of the app. > > > > Take a look at the RailsCart stuff. Most of your issues have been > > addressed there. There's also a mailing list for RailsCart so if you > > have specific questions I can answer them there. > > > > Sean > > > > ps. I would be interested in seeing your code if you have anything to > > show me. You may also want to consider working on the RailsCart > > project (CMS will eventually be supported through Typo or Radiant.) > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 11:48 AM, Matt M. < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've created a rails application (cms/ecommerce) and want to be able to > > > create multiple instances of it, but keep one svn repo. The back-end > will > > > stay the same, the front-end will change based on the clients needs. The > > > cms/ecommerce app is a standalone Rails app. I really need to find a way > to > > > easily fix bugs, patches etc.. I didn't know about Engines and started > > > thinking about how to do this, so... > > > > > > I created a new Rails app (as the public app), and generated a plugin. I > put > > > my cms/ecommerece app into the plugins' application dir. (as svn > externals) > > > In my public apps' environment.rb file, I initialize the cms "plugin". I > > > actually got it working pretty well. I can use/override routes, views, > > > models, controllers and even plugins. For example, The public app will > use > > > it's own plugin over the cms/ecommerce plugin if it's available. Very > cool! > > > Reminds me of Django. > > > > > > I then stumbled on Engines, and saw that your were already doing > something > > > similar. > > > > > > The problem I'm trying to solve now is, how do I manage migrations? I > see > > > that Engines could possibly solve this problem? I was just going to do > it > > > manually, since it's only a few projects at this point. The thing I like > > > about my code is it's basically one file with some initialization code > and > > > it lets me use an existing Rails app as a plugin. > > > > > > Some questions... > > > > > > Is "Engines" still being developed? > > > Since I created a standalone Rails app, can Engines still help me? Or is > it > > > too late? > > > Would it be easy to "steal" the migration code from Engines and > implement it > > > into my single file initializer? > > > > > > Am I thinking too hard about this? My project is of course in > subversion. I > > > tried thinking of a way to do this with subversion but couldn't. 2 > > > applications, using the same code, but customizing the front-end. Doing > svn > > > diff and merge could turn into a nightmare I think. > > > > > > I thought putting the cms/ecommerce back-end in it's own web app. The > > > clients could log in and the app would switch databases, manage their > > > products etc.. I could then checkout that same code into the public web > app, > > > and include model/helpers code for the public side. Seems like a nice > clean > > > solution. > > > > > > I'd appreciate any tips or help. Thank you, > > > Matt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Engine-Users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Engine-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org > > > > > > -- > Nathaniel Steven Henry Brown > 604-724-6624 > _______________________________________________ > Engine-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org > > _______________________________________________ Engine-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org
