Greg Hauptmann 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:
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 Thomas 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 Forder
