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h2. Nitro


* integrate vlad, rack, sequel_low level?

* status page.
* deprecate path overloading functionality.
* reuse more mature/general low level ruby libraries.
* make compatible with capistrano and backgroundrb.

* mime-types gem.

* add __FILE__, __LINE__ to all evals (Ola Bini)
* set the Nitro execution mode as early as possible (in nitro.rb?)
* push redirect target.
* content.user = User.current_user saves ths object !!
* search controller parents for element_namespace override.
* allow for explicit rendering of .inc files.
* automatically pass host to the Mailers?
* do cookies work correctly for localhost ? (they do for 0.0.0.0)
* date/time form control.
* have a separate Controller::Mixin class that gets included by default in
  all controllers?
* make compiler filters compiler aspects for consistency.
* autostamp css/javascript files with modification time.
* remove template_stack_functionality, too complex, no-one (?) uses it.
* remove usage of ObjectSpace (does not work well with JRuby)
* somehow use/integrate Capistrano.
* investigate simply_helpful
* catch Og not found errors and return 404.
* remove auto escaping from request parameters.
* use htmlentities gem.
* Auto generate Atom/GData for xml requests.
* automatic CGI.escapes where needed (redirects, request parameters, etc)
* use Dir.tmpdir
* nitro exec option.
* support this: <?include href="/comment/list" with="obj = article" ?>
* move markup back to glue.
* Optimize settings lookup.
* In elements compiler, Class.by_name also returns top level 
  classes, how can we fix this?
* add method to setup error responses (set http response status)
* automatically set a template root relative to the controller definition file location.
* check for autoreloads in custom template roots.
* keep nitro mode in environment, dont pass as param.
* store caching relation hints.
* auto load controller files for loaded models.
* setup with yaml
* if a template is added (and didn't exist) the auto-reloader does.
  not detected (cannot 'link' it with an action)
* device to delete all cached pages related to object / all.
* move flash in session.
* use catch/throw to exit from actions.
* dont load by default files that are not usually needed (like og evolution for example)
* refactor common code between webrick/mongrel.
* allow multiple controllers to be mounted to the same mount point.

h2. Og

* implement Class.iterator (optimized, pull version of .all) 

* On inherited classes tries to reuse the table of the super class (even without STI) temp workaround: use Unmanageable
* cleanup sql.rb source file.
* support views.
* use a separate repo for Og.
* what happens if a model defines Og methods like 'update' ?
* optimize (== remove) many unneeded sql queries when setting relations.
* reimplement missing validation options.
* add support for transparent db sharding.
* add support for transparent db replication.
* remove const_missing after Og is started / the model gets enchanted.
* polymorphic objects should be explicitly unmanaged. 
* better handling of sql_constraint (the array thing) 
* refers_to should be != has_one (doesn't keep reference!!)
* has_one :create(_on_insert) option to automatically create 
  the refered object on targer insert.
* no need for :condition keyword in Entity.all / Entity.find
* use one version of write_attr/quote and update quote for all adapters.
* if no database exists, reset create_schema to true!
* how to avoid excessivly calling the validation code.
* no more excessive og.saves when setting relations (even trigger excessive sweepers)
* when destroying a class remove from entities.
* og device to allow removal of all tables related to a class.
* og save/create drinks errors on invalid fields.
* option to add automatic counter property for many_to_many and
  joins_many relations.
* user customizable session crypt.

h2. Glue

* Configuration.Module.Class barks.

h2. Gen

* web based application creator.
* auto create styleguide using a css as input.

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h2. Done

* better R, no need to pass controller, pass only controller, and no need to pass param key.
* make 'nitro mongrel' work.
* allow: self.set_attribute(:status, true)
  use instance_variable_set!
* add option to skip rewrites in webrick/mongrel adapters if running behinf lighttpd.
* auto redirect_to_referer.
* send error code on not found!
* replace test unit tests with rspec? naaah...
* replace all occurances of url with uri.
* use extension to decide mime type?
* 'nitro console' uses live and drinks errors.
* Added Cookie based sessions (~~ Local store).
* the examples require *serious* updating.
* remove ruby-breakpoint dependency.
* -d == --daemon.

h2. Rejected

* allow port setting like this: Server.cache_port = '+50' 
  relative to application base port.
* allow for port ranges for drb server, session servers and stuff like that.
* new 'local' hash (like session/flash) but stores values in a 
  cookie. -> not needed, the cookie based session store is a better 
  solution.
* deploy copies files in root dir, not in lib to get rid of LOAD_PATH 
  unshifts -> naah will just mess up the directory.

Latest changes

20071027172905	George Moschovitis	Branch version of Nitro (experimental features)
20080118151210	George Moschovitis	Minor stuff.
20071130084411	George Moschovitis	Fixed checkbox helper + some minor stuff.
20071027172905	George Moschovitis	Branch version of Nitro (experimental features)

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