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Introducing Octokit

119 points by JiPi 13y ago

JiPi 13y ago
I have been using octokit for a while now and it is by far the best wrapper around for Ruby. Just make sense to have it official now that Wynn Netherland is working @ GitHub.
whichdan 13y ago
Where can I buy the 1/100 model?
jdorfman 13y ago
Who designed http://octokit.github.io/ http://octokit.github.io/ ? So fresh and so clean. @mdo must have had a hand in it...
- Munksgaard 13y ago
  The font for the introduction looks a bit off here, but otherwise I agree.
- netherland 13y ago
  @bryanveloso did the site, @jeejkang did the illustrations
- karanlyons 13y ago
  My bet's on Bryan Veloso, just going by the Japanese sub headings.
sejje 13y ago
Shouldn't the ruby guy be dressed less like a robot and more like Robin Hood?
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rolfvandekrol 13y ago
Looks cool! But why the Japanese?
- Munksgaard 13y ago
  For anyone wondering, the texts simply say "Ruby", "Objective-C" and "Thank You!" at the bottom (at least according to Google Translate).
- Raphael 13y ago
  Like Gundam kits.
doktrin 13y ago
This looks promising. In the past I've largely defaulted to calling the REST API directly instead of relying on wrappers - primarily since using a wrapper has basically meant looking up 2 sets of documentation (1 for the REST API itself, and again for the wrapper). IIRC I had the same frustration the last time I attempted to use Octokit (~5 months ago). GitHub maintaining it directly may well alleviate the pain points I experienced. It would help, for instance, to have the wrapper documentation run parallel with that of the REST API itself.
MaxGabriel 13y ago
Frameworks and Git submodules?! I wish Cocoapods were the recommended installation method, as Ruby Gems are for Octokit.rb. Just look at how complex the Octokit.objc installation instructions are.
- stevenleeg 13y ago
  I actually opened an issue about this, which was closed pretty quickly because apparently they don't use CocoaPods internally: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/issues/61 https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/issues/61
  - monkey_slap 13y ago
    I'm attempting to create a podspec, but the script/bootstrap part stuck me. Not sure if Cocoapods has capabilities to do that. Would be nice to just strip out all of the submodule parts and include the dependencies.
    - _frog 13y ago
      The script just fetches the project's git submodules which you can see here: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/tree/master/External https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/tree/master/External I'm not sure all of those can be set up as CocoaPod dependencies though.
jacobwg 13y ago
A JavaScript version of this would be really nice...
jackbravo 13y ago
Is it just me? Those drawing remind me a lot of the samurai pizza cats! http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Samurai-Pizza-Cat-Fan-Art-samurai-pizza-cats-170914_800_346.jpg http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Samurai-Pizza-...
- scott_karana 13y ago
  Samurai Pizza Cats was modeled after shows like Gundam, which these Octocats are also adapted from. :)
  - jentulman 13y ago
    Anyone else really want Octocat Gunplas to build and paint now?
monkey_slap 13y ago
I'm surprised Cocoapods isn't being used with this.
- jonsterling 13y ago
  Yeah, the GitHub folks don't use Cocoapods internally.
scott_karana 13y ago
Anyone else have blurriness with the SVG octocats on the page itself? In Firefox 21 on Windows 7, they're decidedly low resolution, but I open them directly [1] they look fine. They render fine in Chrome. 1 http://octokit.github.io/images/gundam-ruby.svg http://octokit.github.io/images/gundam-ruby.svg
- lukedubber 13y ago
  I have the same issue with Firefox 20.0.1 on Windows 7 64. Chrome it looks great.
  - scott_karana 13y ago
    Turns out that it's a bug with Firefox's rasterization. :( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600207 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600207
    - ianstormtaylor 13y ago
      One of the most annoying bugs in Firefox since the whole purpose of SVG is that it's resolution independent. I hope more people voice their interest in it being fixed.
danso 13y ago
Given the mascot art for this, shouldn't the library be named "Octotron" or "Octocon"?
- JiPi 13y ago
  The library was already existing, changing name and namespace for a mascot would probably not make sense ;)
  - danso 13y ago
    I should've said that my comment was meant to be read in Comic Book Guy voice :).
tharshan09 13y ago
wow the octocats are amazing. I was to see a colour version!
cuttooth 13y ago
I dislike the lack of documentation for the Objc version. Edit/addendum: The Ruby version is fine and I'm glad they've made it the official library.
- jspahrsummers 13y ago
  We do need some examples, but the headers are documented quite extensively, FWIW.
Stratoscope 13y ago
Well, that's quite a change in branding. Your sword? Your shield? The cute little octocat is now a scowling angry warrior robot? I must be old and out of touch: I don't understand the appeal of this violent imagery. I thought GitHub was about working together, helping each other out, not slaying your foes. I like the old octocat and octokitten better: http://assets.github.com/images/modules/dashboard/bootcamp/octocat_setup.png http://assets.github.com/images/modules/dashboard/bootcamp/o...
- duvet 13y ago
  the octocats here are a reference to gundam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gundam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gundam I seriously doubt the reference is meant to be violent.
  - Stratoscope 13y ago
    Thanks, I appreciate knowing the cultural reference. I figured it must be something along those lines, but wasn't familiar with the specifics. But... Not meant to be violent? Even if the robocats themselves are not meant to be violent, how could the introductory language about "your sword" and "your shield" be interpreted as anything but violent? The only time I can imagine needing a sword and shield would be in a rather violent situation. Quite the opposite of the experience one might hope to have on GitHub.
    - nsmartt 13y ago
      I see no reference to a shield or a sword. Where do you see that?
      - Stratoscope 13y ago
        It's on the page this post was linked to: https://github.com/blog/1517-introducing-octokit https://github.com/blog/1517-introducing-octokit and on the project page: http://octokit.github.io/ http://octokit.github.io/ "Is Cocoa your sword? Let this kit be your shield." Look, I don't mean to read too much into any of this. I just found it a bit unpleasant, that was all. If that observation is useful for anyone, great, if not, my apology for the distraction.
outside1234 13y ago
is there an npm module? :)
jethroalias97 13y ago
When I first read 'GitHub-maintained client libraries' I initially thought they meant built in libraries or templated stub functions, sort of like what they offer for .gitignore for various programming environments and languages. I was a little disappointed when I saw it was just for the Github API, although I expect this to still be useful. I feel like this is something they could offer in the future though as many IDEs automatically build your environment when a new project is initialized. Assuming you use github as your IDE (i.e. not really using any IDE) project initialization might make sense.
- roryokane 13y ago
  Giter8 (https://github.com/n8han/giter8 https://github.com/n8han/giter8) sounds like what you’re looking for. “Giter8 is a command line tool to generate files and directories from templates published on github or any other git repository.”
HaloZero 13y ago
Just because I'm a massive nerd and anyone else is wondering this. It looks left the left suit is modeled after the God Gundam (Burning Gundam in the US) in G Gundam. The right suit seems to be the Abyss Gundam in Gundam SEED Destiny.
- nicholassmith 13y ago
  I would buy those on stickers in an absolute heartbeat. I'm not saying they're the best part of the projects, but they're pretty awesome.
SEJeff 13y ago
Y U NO PYTHON? :( I am disappoint

119 points by JiPi 13y ago

JiPi 13y ago

I have been using octokit for a while now and it is by far the best wrapper around for Ruby. Just make sense to have it official now that Wynn Netherland is working @ GitHub.

whichdan 13y ago

Where can I buy the 1/100 model?

jdorfman 13y ago

Who designed http://octokit.github.io/ http://octokit.github.io/ ? So fresh and so clean. @mdo must have had a hand in it...

Munksgaard 13y ago
The font for the introduction looks a bit off here, but otherwise I agree.
netherland 13y ago
@bryanveloso did the site, @jeejkang did the illustrations
karanlyons 13y ago
My bet's on Bryan Veloso, just going by the Japanese sub headings.

sejje 13y ago

Shouldn't the ruby guy be dressed less like a robot and more like Robin Hood?

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rolfvandekrol 13y ago

Looks cool! But why the Japanese?

Munksgaard 13y ago
For anyone wondering, the texts simply say "Ruby", "Objective-C" and "Thank You!" at the bottom (at least according to Google Translate).
Raphael 13y ago
Like Gundam kits.

doktrin 13y ago

This looks promising. In the past I've largely defaulted to calling the REST API directly instead of relying on wrappers - primarily since using a wrapper has basically meant looking up 2 sets of documentation (1 for the REST API itself, and again for the wrapper). IIRC I had the same frustration the last time I attempted to use Octokit (~5 months ago). GitHub maintaining it directly may well alleviate the pain points I experienced. It would help, for instance, to have the wrapper documentation run parallel with that of the REST API itself.

MaxGabriel 13y ago

Frameworks and Git submodules?! I wish Cocoapods were the recommended installation method, as Ruby Gems are for Octokit.rb. Just look at how complex the Octokit.objc installation instructions are.

stevenleeg 13y ago
I actually opened an issue about this, which was closed pretty quickly because apparently they don't use CocoaPods internally: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/issues/61 https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/issues/61
- monkey_slap 13y ago
  I'm attempting to create a podspec, but the script/bootstrap part stuck me. Not sure if Cocoapods has capabilities to do that. Would be nice to just strip out all of the submodule parts and include the dependencies.
  - _frog 13y ago
    The script just fetches the project's git submodules which you can see here: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/tree/master/External https://github.com/octokit/octokit.objc/tree/master/External I'm not sure all of those can be set up as CocoaPod dependencies though.

jacobwg 13y ago

A JavaScript version of this would be really nice...

jackbravo 13y ago

Is it just me? Those drawing remind me a lot of the samurai pizza cats! http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Samurai-Pizza-Cat-Fan-Art-samurai-pizza-cats-170914_800_346.jpg http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Samurai-Pizza-...

scott_karana 13y ago
Samurai Pizza Cats was modeled after shows like Gundam, which these Octocats are also adapted from. :)
- jentulman 13y ago
  Anyone else really want Octocat Gunplas to build and paint now?

monkey_slap 13y ago

I'm surprised Cocoapods isn't being used with this.

jonsterling 13y ago
Yeah, the GitHub folks don't use Cocoapods internally.

scott_karana 13y ago

Anyone else have blurriness with the SVG octocats on the page itself? In Firefox 21 on Windows 7, they're decidedly low resolution, but I open them directly [1] they look fine. They render fine in Chrome. 1 http://octokit.github.io/images/gundam-ruby.svg http://octokit.github.io/images/gundam-ruby.svg

lukedubber 13y ago
I have the same issue with Firefox 20.0.1 on Windows 7 64. Chrome it looks great.
- scott_karana 13y ago
  Turns out that it's a bug with Firefox's rasterization. :( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600207 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600207
  - ianstormtaylor 13y ago
    One of the most annoying bugs in Firefox since the whole purpose of SVG is that it's resolution independent. I hope more people voice their interest in it being fixed.

danso 13y ago

Given the mascot art for this, shouldn't the library be named "Octotron" or "Octocon"?

JiPi 13y ago
The library was already existing, changing name and namespace for a mascot would probably not make sense ;)
- danso 13y ago
  I should've said that my comment was meant to be read in Comic Book Guy voice :).

tharshan09 13y ago

wow the octocats are amazing. I was to see a colour version!

cuttooth 13y ago

I dislike the lack of documentation for the Objc version. Edit/addendum: The Ruby version is fine and I'm glad they've made it the official library.

jspahrsummers 13y ago
We do need some examples, but the headers are documented quite extensively, FWIW.

Stratoscope 13y ago

Well, that's quite a change in branding. Your sword? Your shield? The cute little octocat is now a scowling angry warrior robot? I must be old and out of touch: I don't understand the appeal of this violent imagery. I thought GitHub was about working together, helping each other out, not slaying your foes. I like the old octocat and octokitten better: http://assets.github.com/images/modules/dashboard/bootcamp/octocat_setup.png http://assets.github.com/images/modules/dashboard/bootcamp/o...

duvet 13y ago
the octocats here are a reference to gundam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gundam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gundam I seriously doubt the reference is meant to be violent.
- Stratoscope 13y ago
  Thanks, I appreciate knowing the cultural reference. I figured it must be something along those lines, but wasn't familiar with the specifics. But... Not meant to be violent? Even if the robocats themselves are not meant to be violent, how could the introductory language about "your sword" and "your shield" be interpreted as anything but violent? The only time I can imagine needing a sword and shield would be in a rather violent situation. Quite the opposite of the experience one might hope to have on GitHub.
  - nsmartt 13y ago
    I see no reference to a shield or a sword. Where do you see that?
    - Stratoscope 13y ago
      It's on the page this post was linked to: https://github.com/blog/1517-introducing-octokit https://github.com/blog/1517-introducing-octokit and on the project page: http://octokit.github.io/ http://octokit.github.io/ "Is Cocoa your sword? Let this kit be your shield." Look, I don't mean to read too much into any of this. I just found it a bit unpleasant, that was all. If that observation is useful for anyone, great, if not, my apology for the distraction.

outside1234 13y ago

is there an npm module? :)

jethroalias97 13y ago

When I first read 'GitHub-maintained client libraries' I initially thought they meant built in libraries or templated stub functions, sort of like what they offer for .gitignore for various programming environments and languages. I was a little disappointed when I saw it was just for the Github API, although I expect this to still be useful. I feel like this is something they could offer in the future though as many IDEs automatically build your environment when a new project is initialized. Assuming you use github as your IDE (i.e. not really using any IDE) project initialization might make sense.

roryokane 13y ago
Giter8 (https://github.com/n8han/giter8 https://github.com/n8han/giter8) sounds like what you’re looking for. “Giter8 is a command line tool to generate files and directories from templates published on github or any other git repository.”

HaloZero 13y ago

Just because I'm a massive nerd and anyone else is wondering this. It looks left the left suit is modeled after the God Gundam (Burning Gundam in the US) in G Gundam. The right suit seems to be the Abyss Gundam in Gundam SEED Destiny.

nicholassmith 13y ago
I would buy those on stickers in an absolute heartbeat. I'm not saying they're the best part of the projects, but they're pretty awesome.

SEJeff 13y ago

Y U NO PYTHON? :( I am disappoint