LaneKit
LaneKit is an iOS Objective-C code generator for integration with RestKit. It generates models, resource providers, table views, and full iOS apps with mimimal effort. There is support for unit testing with XCTest including fixtures and tests. LaneKit is a command line app written in Ruby and packaged as a Ruby Gem.
- Source code for LaneKit from GitHub.
- Questions? Stack Overflow is the best place to find answers.
Benefits
- properly implemented models, resource providers, and table views
- easy integration with RestKit
- consistent Objective-C code
- unit tests with XCTest
- test fixtures in JSON and Objective-C
- iOS app creation fully integrated with CocoaPods and RestKit, and .gitignore file
- tested code
- rapid development
- enhanced productivity of junior developers
- reduces dependency on senior developers
How To Get Started
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Install the LaneKit Ruby Gem from RubyGems.org on the command line:
$ gem install lanekit Successfully installed lanekit-0.9.0 $ lanekit -v LaneKit 0.9.0
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LaneKit is ready to use.
Example Usage
Add a new model called Video to an existing Xcode project:
$ lanekit generate model Video headline:string duration:string id:integer image:string itemDate:date location:string
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Models
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Fixtures
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Models
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Resources
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Models/Video.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Models/Video.m
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Fixtures/VideoFixtures.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Fixtures/VideoFixtures.m
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Resources/VideoFixtures.one.json
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Resources/VideoFixtures.two.json
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Models/VideoTest.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/Models/VideoTest.m
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Models/LKModel.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Models/LKModel.m
and here is the Objective-C header file that was generated by LaneKit:
//
// Video.h
//
// LaneKit is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
//
// This model was created on 2014-01-11 by LaneKit v0.4.4.
//
// The following LaneKit command was used to generate this file:
// lanekit generate model Video headline:string duration:string id:integer image:string itemDate:date location:string
//
#import "LKModel.h"
@interface Video : LKModel
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSString *headline;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSString *duration;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSNumber *id;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSString *image;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSDate *itemDate;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSString *location;
@end
and here is the Objective-C .m file that was generated by LaneKit:
//
// Video.m
//
// LaneKit is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
//
// This model was created on 2014-01-11 by LaneKit v0.4.4.
//
// The following LaneKit command was used to generate this file:
// lanekit generate model Video headline:string duration:string id:integer image:string itemDate:date location:string
//
#import "Video.h"
@implementation Video
#pragma mark LKModel overrides
// Dictionary to convert self to JSON/XML. For XML mappings, add .text to the end of the destination attribute name like this: "title.text".
+ (NSDictionary *)dictionaryForRequestMappings
{
return @{
// source key path : destination attribute name
@"headline": @"headline",
@"duration": @"duration",
@"id": @"id",
@"image": @"image",
@"itemDate": @"itemDate",
@"location": @"location"
};
}
// Dictionary to convert JSON/XML to self. For XML mappings, add .text to the end of the key path like this: "title.text".
+ (NSDictionary *)dictionaryForResponseMappings
{
return @{
// source key path : destination attribute name
@"headline": @"headline",
@"duration": @"duration",
@"id": @"id",
@"image": @"image",
@"itemDate": @"itemDate",
@"location": @"location"
};
}
+ (NSString *)keyPath
{
return @"video";
}
- (NSString *)descriptionForDisplay
{
return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", self.headline];
}
@end
and here is the unit test fixtures file that was generated by LaneKit:
//
// VideoFixtures.m
//
// LaneKit is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
//
// This model fixture was created on 2014-01-11 by LaneKit v0.4.4.
//
// The following LaneKit command was used to generate this file:
// lanekit generate model Video headline:string duration:string id:integer image:string itemDate:date location:string
//
#import "VideoFixtures.h"
@implementation VideoFixtures
+ (Video *)one
{
Video *video = Video.new;
video.headline = @"MyString";
video.duration = @"MyString";
video.id = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1];
video.image = @"MyString";
video.itemDate = NSDate.new;
video.location = @"MyString";
return video;
}
+ (Video *)two
{
Video *video = Video.new;
video.headline = @"MyString";
video.duration = @"MyString";
video.id = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1];
video.image = @"MyString";
video.itemDate = NSDate.new;
video.location = @"MyString";
return video;
}
@end
and here is a RestKit compatible JSON fixture file that was generated by LaneKit:
{
"video": {
"headline": "MyString",
"duration": "MyString",
"id": "1",
"image": "MyString",
"itemDate": "03/01/2012",
"location": "MyString"
}
}
and here is part of a unit test that was generated in Models/VideoTest.m by LaneKit:
- (void)testVideoNewOne
{
Video *video = VideoFixtures.one;
XCTAssertNotNil(video, @"video is nil");
XCTAssertTrue([video.headline isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"headline not correct value");
XCTAssertTrue([video.duration isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"duration not correct value");
XCTAssertTrue(video.id.integerValue == [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1].integerValue, @"id not [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1]");
XCTAssertTrue([video.image isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"image not correct value");
XCTAssertNotNil(video.itemDate, @"itemDate is nil");
XCTAssertTrue([video.location isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"location not correct value");
}
- (void)testVideoNewTwo
{
Video *video = VideoFixtures.two;
XCTAssertNotNil(video, @"video is nil");
XCTAssertTrue([video.headline isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"headline not correct value");
XCTAssertTrue([video.duration isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"duration not correct value");
XCTAssertTrue(video.id.integerValue == [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1].integerValue, @"id not [NSNumber numberWithInteger:1]");
XCTAssertTrue([video.image isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"image not correct value");
XCTAssertNotNil(video.itemDate, @"itemDate is nil");
XCTAssertTrue([video.location isEqualToString:@"MyString"], @"location not correct value");
}
- (void)testMapping
{
RKObjectMapping *requestMapping = [Video requestMapping];
XCTAssertNotNil(requestMapping, @"[Video requestMapping] returned nil.");
RKObjectMapping *responseMapping = [Video responseMapping];
XCTAssertNotNil(responseMapping, @"[Video responseMapping] returned nil.");
}
Add a new model called Contents that contains a list of Videos and uses a relationship mapping.
$ lanekit generate model contents contents:array:Video
exist Classes/model
create Classes/model/Contents.h
create Classes/model/Contents.m
Add a new resource provider called Contents.
$ lanekit generate provider Contents Contents http://scores.espn.go.com/allsports/scorecenter/v2/videos/build?sport=top
create Classes/Controllers
create Classes/Controllers/LKResourceProvider.h
create Classes/Controllers/LKResourceProvider.m
create Classes/Controllers/ContentsProvider.h
create Classes/Controllers/ContentsProvider.m
Create a new iOS app fully integrated with CocoaPods and RestKit.
$ lanekit new SportsFrames
create SportsFrames
create SportsFrames/Podfile
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/lanekit-ios-project.xccheckout
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/lanekit-ios-project.xcscheme
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKAppDelegate.h
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKAppDelegate.m
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKDetailViewController.h
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKDetailViewController.m
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKMasterViewController.h
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Controllers/LKMasterViewController.m
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Resources/Base.lproj/Main_iPad.storyboard
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Resources/Base.lproj/Main_iPhone.storyboard
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Resources/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Resources/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Contents.json
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Resources/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Supporting Files/lanekit-ios-project-Info.plist
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Supporting Files/lanekit-ios-project-Prefix.pch
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-project/Supporting Files/main.m
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-projectTests/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-projectTests/lanekit-ios-projectTests-Info.plist
create SportsFrames/lanekit-ios-project/lanekit-ios-projectTests/lanekit-ios-projectTests.m
create SportsFrames/.gitignore
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Supporting Files/SportsFrames-Info.plist
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Supporting Files/SportsFrames-Prefix.pch
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/SportsFrames.xcscheme
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/SportsFrames.xcscheme
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/larry.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/SportsFramesTests-Info.plist
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames/SportsFramesTests/SportsFramesTests.m
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcworkspace
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
rename /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/SportsFrames.xccheckout
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/SportsFrames.xccheckout
update /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/Podfile
Installing CocoaPods for RestKit
[in /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames]
Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Installing AFNetworking (1.3.3)
Installing RestKit (0.20.3)
Installing SOCKit (1.1)
Installing TransitionKit (1.1.1)
Generating Pods project
Integrating client project
clean /Users/larry/Projects/lanekit/SportsFrames/SportsFrames.xcworkspace
Add a new UITableViewController called ContentsViewController
This will display the Contents model that is a list of videos.
$ lanekit generate tableviewcontroller Contents -r LKFeedCell
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Controllers/ContentsViewController.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Controllers/ContentsViewController.m
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Views/LKFeedCell.h
create SportsFrames/SportsFrames/Views/LKFeedCell.m
Add the Urban Airship CocoaPods Pod to the project.
$ lanekit generate pod UrbanAirship-iOS-SDK
Installing UrbanAirship-iOS-SDK (3.0.1)
Sample App
The SportsFrames app is a fully functional iOS sample app using RestKit created to demonstrate the use of LaneKit in a real world app. It has models and resource providers that are generated from LaneKit. Download the code from GitHub.
Credits
LaneKit was created by Larry Aasen. Follow Larry Aasen on Twitter @LarryAasen.
License
LaneKit is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.