Selfies
A collection of macros for quicker development
Another day at work, or on your personal project, and you need to create yet another class, which comes with the user boilerplate:
- The initializer needs to be defined, with n parameters
- Inside that, the usual
@param = param
, multiplied for how many params you've got there - Then it's the turn of the attr_reader for those parameters
- Then you are likely to need a class method that does nothing else than initializing the class and calling an instance method of the same name
- more?
This gets boring with the years. So boring that someone might decide to write some macros to reduce the boilerplate.
TL;DR
You add this:
gem 'selfies'
You write this:
class Rectangle
attr_accessor_init :width, :height, scale: 100
selfie :area, :perimeter
def area
proportion(width * height)
end
def perimeter
proportion((width + height) * 2)
end
private
def proportion(value)
value.to_f / 100 * scale
end
end
You get this:
>> Rectangle.area(8, 4)
=> 32.0
>> Rectangle.perimeter(5, 3)
=> 16.0
>> Rectangle.perimeter(5, 3, 50)
=> 8.0
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'selfies'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install selfies
Usage
attr_reader_init: can be used to automatically generate an initialiser for your class
This code:
class Search
attr_reader_init :term, :page, :limit
end
Is equivalent to:
class Search
attr_reader :term, :page, :limit
def initialize(term, page, limit)
@term = term
@page = page
@limit = limit
end
end
It is possible to specify a default for the last argument only:
This code:
class Search
attr_reader_init :term, :page, limit: 5
end
Is equivalent to:
class Search
attr_reader :term, :page, :limit
def initialize(term, page, limit = 5)
@term = term
@page = page
@limit = limit
end
end
>> search = Search.new('foo', 1)
>> search.limit
=> 5
You can use any variable name that would make for a valid Ruby variable;
Only exception is :args
which is used by selfies
to define a splat operator:
This code:
class Search
attr_reader_init :term, :args
end
Is equivalent to:
class Search
attr_reader :term, :args
def initialize(term, *args)
@term = term
@args = args
end
end
>> search = Search.new('foo', 2, 10)
>> search.args
=> [2, 10]
attr_accessor_init: same as attr_reader_init
, but generates accessors for the given attributes
This code:
class Search
attr_accessor_init :term, :page, :limit
end
Is equivalent to:
class Search
attr_accessor :term, :page, :limit
def initialize(term, page, limit)
@term = term
@page = page
@limit = limit
end
end
selfie: can be used to automatically create a class method that reference to the instance method of the same class
This code:
class Search
attr_reader :term, :page, :limit
def initialize(term, page, limit)
@term = term
@page = page
@limit = limit
end
def self.execute!(term, page, limit)
new(term, page, limit).execute!
end
def self.next(term, page, limit)
new(term, page, limit).next
end
def execute!
# does something
end
def next
# does something else
end
end
Can be written as:
class Search
attr_reader_init :term, :page, :limit
def execute!
# does something
end
selfie :execute!
def next
# does something else
end
selfie :next
end
If preferred, more methods can be 'selfied' in one liner:
class Search
...
selfie :execute!, :next
def execute!
# does something
end
def next
# does something else
end
end
Next Steps
attr_reader_init and attr_accessor_init:
- Improve message when raising ArgumentError;
selfie:
- Find a suitable syntax that would allow to 'selfie' an instance method that has arguments;
command line:
- Write a command that can initialize a whole class, from creating the file to stub the initial setup;
more?:
- If you also often write repetitive boilerplate, and would like some code to get smaller, drop me a line and we might be able to add more macros.
Development
Ruby version:
>= 2.5
Fork the project, clone the repository and bundle:
>> git clone https://{your_fork}/selfies
>> cd selfies
>> bundle
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mariodarco/selfies. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.