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Francis Chong
April 26, 2014
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Implement beautiful DSL for iOS using Ruby
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Transcript
Implement beautiful DSL for iOS using Ruby Francis Chong
About me
鍾振輝 Francis Chong @siuying
Indie Mobile Dev
Why DSL?
https://github.com/tzangms/iloveck101 “I love ck101.com” ! “… I just want the
pictures. But their site is slow, filled with ads and noise … ” @tzangms 海總理
None
None
People found this is a good idea!
• Go • https://github.com/wuman/go-ck101 • https://github.com/lazywei/iloveck101 • Ruby • https://github.com/wancw/iloveck101
• https://github.com/shunwen/iloveck101 • PHP • https://github.com/fukuball/iloveck101 • Objective-C • https://github.com/saiday/hornyfolks • https://github.com/siuying/iloveck101 • Node.js • https://github.com/clonn/iloveck101 • Groovy • https://github.com/tangblack/ groovy_ILoveCK101 • Racket • https://github.com/Domon/iloveck101 • JavaScript • https://github.com/poying/iloveck101 • GreaseMonekey • https://github.com/tomin/iloveck101
I made an iOS version too …
Can we generalize it?
Convert web sites into reusable data.
None
None
Goals • Keep existing code and tools • Add dynamic
behavior to a static app • Interact with native code • Simple to read and write
DSL
Domain Specific Language
–Martin Fowler “DSLs are small languages, focused on a particular
aspect of a software system.”
External & Internal DSL
How to implement DSL for iOS
Internal DSL with Objective-C / RubyMotion
Masonry https://github.com/cloudkite/Masonry
Moria https://github.com/siuying/moria
Kiwi https://github.com/allending/Kiwi
Parser generator like Bison, CoreParse or PEGKit
NUI https://github.com/tombenner/nui
mruby
objc-mruby example
JavaScriptCore
iOS 7.0
Bi-directional Bridge http://blog.bignerdranch.com/3784-javascriptcore-and-ios-7/
None
… but this is a Ruby conference?
Opal
Ruby to JavaScript Compiler http://opalrb.org/try/
Output
JavaScriptCore + Opal
Expose Native Classes to JS
Opal Wrapper for JS
Example
Goal: Convert web sites into reusable data.
Designing the DSL
1. Write an imaginary DSL
2. Make it valid
3. Make it work
4. Add more use case
Everything
http://cl.ly/3Y1y0N3y2J1V
Now we’ve supported one site
Let’s add more!
None
http://cl.ly/0R0k0t1x2v2r
Users could change the code themselves
Add sites without recompile
Practical Tips
JavaScriptCoreOpalAdditions
Compile Opal in Runtime
IGJavaScriptConsole
Interactive Console
Rake and sprockets
Gemfile
Rakefile
Integrate the project into Xcode
Custom Build Phase
Add build task to project
Pros and Cons
Based on features in iOS SDK
Dynamic behavior
Interaction with native code.
Easy to read and write.
One more layer of indirection.
–App Store Review Guidelines “Apps that download code in any
way or form will be rejected.”
Readings
http://www.duokan.com/book/43469
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321712943
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