CAMPING(1)

📦 version 3.2.6, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 CAMPING(1) 💖

ok so bestie, gather round, because this is a User Commands classic and I am obsessed. it's called camping, and no, we're not pitching a tent, we're building a whole web app in a single file. iykyk. 🏕️✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

camping — a tiny lil Ruby web framework for MVC type applications. it's giving "small but mighty" and honestly? iconic. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

camping app1.rb app2.rb...

like. that's it. that's the whole invocation. you just hand it your app files and go. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: Camping is a web framework that consistently stays at less than 4kb of code. not a typo. less than 4kb. the way that it just fits in your pocket. 🫶

the whole idea is that you can store a complete fledgling web application (written in Ruby) in a single file, like many small CGIs do — but you get to organize it as a Model-View-Controller application, like Rails does. best of both worlds, no cap. 🌈

and then, when you've got it going, you can easily move it to Rails. so it's like a starter home you can graduate out of. main character energy from day one. ⭐

✨ Specific options: ✨

  • -h, --host HOSTNAME — the host for the web server to bind to. default is all IPs. 🌐
  • -p, --port NUM — the port for the web server. defaults to 3301. 🔥
  • -d, --database FILE — the SQLite3 database path. defaults to ~/.camping.db. 🍓
  • -C, --console — run in console mode with IRB. 🖥️
  • -s, --server NAME — the server to force. the options are mongrel, webrick, and console. 👑

💜 Common options: 💜

  • -?, --help — show this message. (hi, you're here 💖)
  • -v, --version — show version. 📌

🧚 FILES 🧚

  • ~/.camping.db — the default database file. she lives in your home directory, she's lowkey always there for you. 🏠💕

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

the Camping website on http://camping.rubyforge.org/. go look, bestie, it's right there. 👀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Paul van Tilburg <paulvt@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). giving credit where credit is due, periodt. 🫡

ngl, a whole MVC framework in under 4kb is a flex and we should all be talking about it more. 💀✨

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was camping 2.0, dated May 2010 — yes, 2010, she's vintage, she's an elder statesman, and she still slays. 💖🌸🦋 mwah, go build something cute. 🎀

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