gems.md

Rails/Ruby Gems Reference

General Gems / Must know!

• active_admin Github Web Video
  Remarks: use the master branch on github for now to avoid issues with outdated jQuery-ui gem.
  gem "activeadmin", github: "gregbell/active_admin"
• simple_form: Form builder Video
• formtastic: Another form builder. used in activ_eadmin Github
• cocoon Dynamic nested forms using jQuery Github
• migrant: very useful if you are not into writing migrations by hand Github
• carrierwave: file uploads Video Github and mini_magick MiniMagick integration
• inherited_resources: Auto rails resources. saves time writing controllers Github Video
• has_scope:works well with rails model scopes, generates controller parameters for scopes autoamtically Github
• kaminari: pagination [Video](http://railscasts.com/episodes/25* 4-pagination-with-kaminari)
• devise Video Video W/ Omniauth
• twitter bootstrap
  • https://github.com/seyhunak/twitter-bootstrap-rails (Use this is easiest for Bootstrap 2.3)
  • bootstrap-sass (Use this is easiest for Bootstrap 3)
  • bootstrap-sass-extras (adds generators to bootstrap-sass)
  • Video 1
  • Video 2
  • font-awesome-rails
• omniauth (See section below)
• figaro YAML-based Rails configiration Github

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Views/Presentors

• draper Github Video

SQL and NOSQL

• squeel Github Video
• mongoid Video

Social Networks

• Facebook Graph API Video
  • koala (facebook graph API etc.)
• Facebook Javascript API Video
• omni-auth
  • Video w/ Devise
  • Simple Omniauth Video
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Video Facebook authentication

API Clients and Servers:

• rest-client Simple HTTP and REST client for Ruby. Github
• grape (for making REST API, lightweight similar to sinatra)
• strong_parameters (for validating request params in rails rest APIs)

CMS:

• refineryCMS Video 1 Video 2

Background Tasks:

• sidekiq Video | Github
• resque Video
• delay_jobs Video Github Frontend Github

In-memory database:

• redis Github | Example | Session store with redis
• memcache

Others:

• acts-as-taggable-on Video link
• stateful
• AASM State Machine Github
• brakeman (security scan gem)
• public_activity Easy activity tracking for models Github
• Ransack Object-based searching. Github | Demo

Deployment & Server Administration

• Heroku
• monitoring: monit/god
• puma, unicorn, passenger
• apache/nginx
• automated deployment: capistrano/etc..

Testing

• Unit::Test and Mini Test
• RSpec (peepcode video)
• Fixtures and Factories
• Factory Girl Video
• Guard Video