Paddock

"...even Nedry knew better than to mess with the raptor fences."

Paddock is a feature switch system.

Define which features should be used in certain environments.

Setup

Put this somewhere like: config/initializers/paddock.rb

include Paddock

Paddock(Rails.env) do
  enable  :phone_system,  :in => [:development, :test]
  enable  :door_locks,    :in => :development
  enable  :raptor_fences
  disable :cryo_security
  disable :tyranosaur_fences, :in => :production
end

You name it, we got it.

Usage

# Check if feature is enabled
if feature(:perimeter_fence)
  # do work
end

# Guard a block
feature(:perimeter_fence) do
  # do work
end

This is a unix system. I know this.

Testing

This might need some work.

You can define which features are enabled in a test:

before(:each) do
  Paddock.enable :feature_i_am_testing
end

You think that kind of automation is easy? Or cheap?

Authors

We're not computer nerds. We prefer to be called "hackers."

• Pat Nakajima
• Brandon Keene

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