Another important aspect of choosing a gem is which dependencies does impose on you. For instance: lots of interesting engines and plugins rely on Devise. That is generally a good choice because Devise is such a popular gem. But if a developer tries to keep dependencies lean and extensible by means of documented public interfaces, its really helpful and empowering
Alchemy CMS, for instance, gives you an option to use your own auth gem and they provide their own for Devise. Good luck, Alex Escalante Web & Mobile Development For Hire http://audelabs.com On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Ian Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Rebecca, > > The one piece of advice I always try to give folks starting out with Ruby > is *how* to look for gems. Ruby Toolbox <https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/> > is a really helpful tool. It groups gems by types of functionality, and it > also gives you an idea of which gems for a given need are most popular and > actively-maintained. So when I know I need a gem for something but don't > know which gem I should use, I head over there to see what the top options > are. Hope this helps! > > Ian > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015, at 08:08 AM, Rebecca Colavin wrote: > > Hi SdRuby! > > As part of the program at SDlearn, students give a short presentation > during week 7. My plan is to present on useful gems and people have given > great suggestions (thanks Ben and Patrick!). A > > follow up question is "are there any little know gems that you feel should > be more widely used?" And if you have any general advice on the subject, > that would also be great. Thanks. > > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
