Highline – Ruby Gem
July 5, 2008
HighLine is about…
Saving time.
Command line interfaces are meant to be easy. So why shouldn’t building them be easy, too? HighLine provides a solid toolset to help you get the job done cleanly so you can focus on the real task at hand, your task.
Clean and intuitive design.
Want to get a taste for how HighLine is used? Take a look at this simple example, which asks a user for a zip code, automatically does validation, and returns the result:
Code:
require “highline/import”
zipcode = ask(”Zip? “) { |zip| zip.validate = /\A\d{5}(?:-?\d{4})?\Z/ }
Hassle-free Installation.
Installation is easy via RubyGems. Simply enter the command:
linux : sudo gem install highline
Windows: gem install highline
and you’ll be on your way! Of course, manual installation is an option, too.
For more details http://highline.rubyforge.org/
