Lotus: because sometimes you need to reinvent the wheel

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1. lotus
   sometimes you need to
   reinvent the wheel
   

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2. Arjan van der Gaag
   @avdgaag
   brightin
   

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3. Lotus is a Ruby MVC web framework
   comprised of many micro-libraries. It
   has a simple, stable API, a minimal
   DSL, and prioritises the use of plain
   objects over magical, over-
   complicated classes with too much
   responsibility.
   

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4. standalone
   frameworks
   

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5. standalone
   frameworks to
   build full-stack
   applications
   

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6. from small endpoints…
   require 'bundler/setup'
   require 'lotus/router'
   run Lotus::Router.new {
   get '/', to: ->(env) {
   [200, {}, ['Hello, world']
   }
   }
   

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7. …to containers
   

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8. some conventions
   

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9. some conventions
   many objects
   

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10. some conventions
    many objects
    no monkey patches
    

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11. simplicity >
    convenience
    

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12. testable
    class Show
    include Lotus::Action
    expose :book
    def initialize(repository: BookRepository)
    @repository = repository
    end
    def call(params)
    @book = @repository.find params[:id]
    end
    end
    

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13. focus on
    maintenance
    

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14. writing Ruby is fun
    

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15. Guides and docs at
    lotusrb.org
    

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16. @avdgaag
    arjanvandergaag.nl
    

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