Binary Logic » configuration http://www.binarylogic.com Ben Johnson's thoughts and programming techniques Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Settingslogic, a great settings solution or the greatest? http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/11/03/settingslogic-a-great-settings-solution-or-the-greatest/ http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/11/03/settingslogic-a-great-settings-solution-or-the-greatest/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:26:00 +0000 benjohnson 0/2009/03/23/settingslogic-a-great-settings-solution-or-the-greatest If there is one thing we can all agree on, say it with me…ruby doesn’t have enough settings solutions. You finished the sentence without even reading it didn’t you?

Actually considering there are a million settings solutions, this is probably the last thing we need. That being said, I decided to add my own personal settings solution to the mix called Settingslogic. It’s nothing crazy or new. Just a simple solution to a simple problem. Settingslogic provides globally accessible settings via an ERB enabled YAML file. It has been great for my apps, maybe you will enjoy it too. Here’s how it works…

Create your settings

This is a typical YAML file, notice ERB is allowed.

# app/config/application.yml
defaults: &defaults
  cool:
    saweet: nested settings
  neat_setting: 24
  awesome_setting: <%= "Did you know 5 + 5 = " + (5 + 5) + "?" %>

development:
  <<: *defaults
  neat_setting: 800

test:
  <<: *defaults

production:
  <<: *defaults

Access your settings

  >> RAILS_ENV
  => "development"

  >> Settings.cool
  => "#<Settingslogic::Settings ... >"

  >> Settings.cool.saweet
  => "nested settings"

  >> Settings.neat_setting
  => 800

  >> Settings.awesome_setting
  => "Did you know 5 + 5 = 10?"

Give me more

You got it!

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