merb-core is a new branch of Merb (also referred to as merb-next or the 0.9 series) which aims to provide a stable, stripped down API for a future Merb 1.0 release.
This branch is based off the 0.5 release series but with significant rewrites.
Goals of this release:
* Stabilize the @public interface methods to provide for a more consistent application development experience.
* Remove features until nothing except a central application API is left
* Improve comments on methods using a standard documentation methodology as described in DOCUMENTATION_STANDARDS
* Separate the tests into two sections... "private" and "public"
* Public methods are methods tagged with @public that will be part of the standard, stable Merb API
* Private methods are implementation methods that might
* Implement a new render API
* Build more extensions to regain selected features when needed
To familiarize yourself with how a merb-core application might look,
use merb-gen (from merb-more) to generate a few apps:
$ merb-gen myapp # a "normal" merb app
$ merb-gen myapp --flat # a flattened app
$ merb-gen myapp --very-flat # a single-file app