4 MerbMart is an *open-source e-commerce application*, developed on top of the
5 recent Ruby-language Merb MVC framework. Although MerbMart is designed for
6 e-commerce sites of all sizes, the speed and scalability of the Merb framework
7 make it scalable even for large online vendors.
9 In addition to Merb framework, the following technologies and frameworks
10 provide a foundation for MerbMart:
12 * **DataMapper** (bleeding-edge 0.9), for object relation mapping (ORM) and
14 * **RSpec**, for behavio(u)r driven development (BDD).
15 * **ActiveMerchant**, for Credit Card, payment and shipping processing.
16 as well as attachmerb\_fu, merb\_paginate.
18 See INSTALL or the project wiki for a full list of dependencies.
20 MerbMart is inspired by other, Rails based e-commerce applications, including
21 [Substruct][substruct] and [Spree][spree]. Although MerbMart started out as a
22 project to port Substruct to Merb, the initial 0.1 release of MerbMart will
23 instead be a its own implementation of an e-commerce engine, trying to match
24 the feature sets other e-commerce applications, but taking advantages of the
25 unique features of Merb and DataMapper.
30 **WARNING** : MerbMart is at a very early development stages. At this stage,
31 the application should be considered only for consumption by advanced Ruby and
32 Merb developers. If you're looking for something for production consumption,
33 or not yet ready to jump from Ruby on Rails, then we would strongly advise
34 trying [Substruct][substruct] or [Spree][spree].
36 **REQUEST** : Your development support is very much appreciated. Please
37 contact us below if you're interested in lending a hand with the development
38 of this project. Or alternatively, clone the code, fork it, create some
39 patches and let us know when you're done.
44 Performing a git clone on either of the following repositories will get you
47 git clone git://github.com/myabc/merb_mart.git
48 git clone git://gitorious.org/merb_mart/mainline.git (on gitorious)
50 The following additional mirrors are available:
52 git://repo.or.cz/merb_mart.git
53 http://repo.or.cz/r/merb_mart.git
55 Installation and Setup
56 ----------------------
58 Please see the INSTALL file for details on getting up and running with MerbMart.
63 MerbMart is licensed under the **GNU Public License (GPL)**:
65 > Copyright (C) 2008 Alex Coles
67 > This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
68 > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
69 > the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
70 > (at your option) any later version.
72 > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
73 > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
74 > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
75 > GNU General Public License for more details.
77 > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
78 > along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
80 A copy of the GPL License may be found in the GPL-LICENSE, included with
86 **WARNING REPEATED** : MerbMart is still at a very early stage of its
87 development. You should not use this code unless you're reasonably secure with
88 the Ruby language, and the DataMapper and Merb frameworks. That said, _please
89 do get involved_ - and if you're happy to contribute back with bug reports and
90 patches, then we'll be happy to help you get the application up and running.
92 Your best source for support currently is either the wiki, IRC or the mailing
95 * **MerbMart Wiki** (this is its temporary residence):
96 http://github.com/myabc/merb_mart/wikis
97 * **MerbMart mailing list**:
98 <http://groups.google.com/group/merb_mart>
99 * **MerbMart homepage**: _coming soon_
100 * Contact the developers directly:
101 - <alex@alexcolesportfolio.com> | myabc on #datamapper, #merb IRC
103 [substruct]:http://code.google.com/p/substruct/ "Substruct e-commerce project"
104 [spree]:http://spreehq.org/ "Spree Online Commerce for Ruby on Rails"