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Experiment Driven Development for Ruby
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Can I create experiments programmatically via a database table? #269

Closed jasonfb closed 9 years ago

jasonfb commented 9 years ago

I need two distinct kinds of experiments: (1) UX changes that requires a Rails/Javascript developer, and (2) changes of Images and copy which require simply a switch in my custom-built CMS

Vanity works well for #1, but for #2 I want the admin users of my site to be able to create experiments without involving a Rails/Javascript dev and without deploying code.

But unfortunately I see that Vanity basically expects its experiments to be defined in Ruby and inits them when the app boots, so maybe this is a bad idea?

is it possible to do what I'm trying to achieve or is Vanity perhaps the wrong tool ?

phillbaker commented 9 years ago

Jason, (2) is something Vanity doesn't currently support, but I'd definitely like to support it.

If you'd like to play around with a solution and submit a PR that'd be amazing!

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, Jason Fleetwood-Boldt < notifications@github.com> wrote:

I need two distinct kinds of experiments: (1) UX changes that requires a Rails/Javascript developer, and (2) changes of Images and copy which require simply a switch in my custom-built CMS

Vanity works well for #1 https://github.com/assaf/vanity/issues/1, but for #2 https://github.com/assaf/vanity/issues/2 I want the admin users of my site to be able to create experiments without involving a Rails/Javascript dev and without deploying code.

But unfortunately I see that Vanity basically expects its experiments to be defined in Ruby and inits them when the app boots, so maybe this is a bad idea?

is it possible to do what I'm trying to achieve or is Vanity perhaps the wrong tool ?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/assaf/vanity/issues/269.

jasonfb commented 9 years ago

OK awesome. I will try to give this some thought. is it ok if I ping you over email -- I might some code design questions when I get started.

Will close this issue in the meantime