Opal is a ruby to javascript source-to-source compiler. It also has an implementation of the ruby corelib.
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See the website, http://opalrb.org.
Opal.compile is a simple interface to just compile a string of ruby into a
string of javascript code.
Opal.compile("puts 'wow'") # => "(function() { ... self.$puts("wow"); ... })()"Running this by itself is not enough, you need the opal runtime/corelib.
Opal::Builder can be used to build the runtime/corelib into a string.
Opal::Builder.build('opal') #=> "(function() { ... })()"You can write the above two strings to file, and run as:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="opal.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
</html>Just open a browser to this page and view the console.
First, install dependencies:
$ bundle install
$ npm install -g jshint
RubySpec related repos must be cloned as a gitsubmodules:
$ git submodule update --init
The test suite can be run using (requires phantomjs):
$ bundle exec rake
This will command will run all RSpec and MSpec examples in sequence.
A Guardfile with decent mappings between specs and lib/corelib/stdlib files is in place.
Run bundle exec guard -i to have it started.
MSpec tests can be run with:
$ rake mspec
Alternatively, you can just load up a rack instance using rackup, and
visit http://localhost:9292/ in any web browser.
RSpec tests can be run with
$ rake rspec
What code is supposed to run where?
lib/code runs inside your ruby env. It compiles ruby to javascript.opal/is the runtime/corelib for our implementation (runs in browser)stdlib/is our implementation of ruby stdlib. It is optional (for browser).
The lib directory holds the opal parser/compiler used to compile ruby
into javascript. It is also built ready for the browser into opal-parser.js
to allow compilation in any javascript environment.
This directory holds the opal runtime and corelib implemented in ruby and javascript.
Holds the stdlib that opal currently supports. This includes Observable,
StringScanner, Date, etc.
- Internet Explorer 6+
- Firefox (Current - 1) or Current
- Chrome (Current - 1) or Current
- Safari 5.1+
- Opera 12.1x or (Current - 1) or Current
Any problems encountered using the browsers listed above should be reported as a bug.
(Current - 1) or Current denotes that we support the current stable version of the browser and the version that preceded it. For example, if the current version of a browser is 24.x, we support the 24.x and 23.x versions.
12.1x or (Current - 1) or Current denotes that we support Opera 12.1x as well as the last 2 versions of Opera. For example, if the current Opera version is 20.x, then we support Opera 12.1x, 19.x and 20.x but not Opera 15.x through 18.x.
Cross-browser testing is sponsored by BrowserStack.
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Copyright (C) 2013 by Adam Beynon
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