Introducing the Run Every gem

require 'run_every'



RunEvery.four.seconds {puts 'hello'}

#=> hello

#=> hello

#=> hello



RunEvery.new(seconds: 4) {puts 'hi'}

#=> hi

#=> hi

#=> hi



#RunEvery.two.minutes {puts 'hello'}

The Run Every gem is a simple timer with a code block. The interval can be set in seconds or minutes either using method chaining or through a hash passed into initialize(). The chaining method intervals include: one, two, three, four, five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twentyfive, thirty, forty, fifty.

Resources

jrobertson/run_every - GitHub[github.com]

update: 3-Apr-2011 @ 7:41pm

a = '12'
RunEvery.new(seconds: 6) do 
  if a == '12' then
    puts '..'
  elsif a == '1' then
    puts 'we have a winner'
    Thread.stop
  else
    puts 'nothing to see here'
  end
end

a = 1
#=> we have a winner

2 things worth noting: 1) variable scope can extend to outside the block. 2) The thread can be stopped from within the block using Thread.stop

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Introducing the Run Every gem

Resources