Hi Alex, This is something that had not thought about. Thanks for pointing it out. Rebecca
On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 4:02:54 PM UTC-7, Alex Escalante wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
