= Alki::Rails

Rails integration for Alki! Allows easily using Alki in your Rails project. Alki is a dependency injection and program organization framework.

== Why use Alki with Rails?



== Installation

Add this line to your Rails application's Gemfile:

[source,ruby]
----
gem 'alki-rails'
----

And then execute:

[source]
----
$ bundle
----

Create a `config/alki` directory and then create an empty Alki Assembly definition in an `assembly.rb` file inside that. 

.config/assembly.rb
```ruby
Alki do

end
```

Finally, add the following to your ApplicationController class:

[source,ruby]
----
include Alki::Rails
----

== Usage

Element defined in your Assembly definition will be callable directly from your assembly:

.config/assembly.rb
```ruby
Alki do
  group :settings do
    set :msg, 'Hello World'
  end
end
```

.app/controllers/home_controller.rb
```ruby
class HomeController < ApplicationController
  def show
    @msg = settings.msg
  end
end
```

Elements can also be accessed in the Rails console, or anywhere else in your Rails application, via Alki::Rails:

.Rails Console
```
2.3.2 :001 > Alki::Rails.settings.msg
 => 'Hello World'
```

Alki will automatically add your projects `lib` directory to the ruby load path, so you can require files from there directly. It also will handle auto-reloading files in lib.

See https://github.com/alki-project/alki[here] for more documentation on how to use Alki.

== Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/alki-project/alki-rails[https://github.com/alki-project/alki-rails]. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the http://contributor-covenant.org[Contributor Covenant] code of conduct.

== License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT[MIT License].