Leash

Leash provides a lightweight framework to implement "Do Nothing Scripting" with Ruby.

A "do nothing script" is a script that encodes instructions of a manual procedure and encapsulating each step in a function. Making it easier to start small and gradually increase the level of automation.

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add leash

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install leash

Define steps for your procedure by Leash::Procedure#step.

require 'leash'

procedure = Leash::Procedure.new("My Procedure") do
  step "Creates a manual step, which only contains a description."

  step "Creates an automated step by providing a block, run: `bundle install`" do
    system("bundle install")
  end

  step "Or by passing a callable object as the second argument, run: `echo Hello!`", -> { system("echo Hello!") }
end

Execute the defined procedure by Leash::Procedure#run.

# Executes each step by pressing `Enter`.
procedure.run

Render a text report by Leash::Procedure#render.

# Renders a text report for the procedure
puts procedure.render

# > My Procedure
# > (1/3): Creates a manual step, which only contains a description.
# > (2/3): Creates an automated step by providing a block, run: `bundle install`
# > (3/3): Or by passing a callable object as the second argument, run: `echo Hello!`

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 the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/TonyCTHsu/leash. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Leash project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.