Practical Ruby Gems: Installation, Distribution, and Beyond
| AUTHOR | Berube, David |
| PUBLISHER | Apress (11/09/2025) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Discover how to enhance your Ruby and Rails projects using Ruby Gems. Practical Ruby Gems, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide written to equip Ruby programmers and web developers with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize existing Gems - and also create new Gem releases, allowing easy distribution, dependency management, and streamlined integration.
The modernized Second Edition is updated to reflect the latest version of Ruby Gems (7.0.4) and Ruby language (3.2). The author introduces new software tools and systems like Bundler, Docker, and Nix, demonstrating how to integrate them seamlessly with Ruby Gems, as well as a significantly expanded section on how to create your own gems - including practical examples of problems faced in real-world scenarios.
As dependency management creates challenges for Ruby developers, this is the only book of its kind to offer Ruby Gems as an important solution. Explore and embrace the modern Ruby Gems ecosystem and learn best practices for creation, distribution, and integration with other dependency management systems.
What You Will Learn:
- Understand the fundamentals of Ruby Gems as a solution for dependency management
- Install and configure RubyGems for seamless integration into your projects
- Learn how to debug common problems faced with RubyGems.- Explore advanced topics like distributing gems via RPM and Apt packages, handling native dependencies, and hosting Gem infrastructure.
Who this Book is for:
Ruby programmers as well as web developers who use Rails and wish to extend the functionality of their projects.
His professional accomplishments include creating the Ruby on Rails engine for CoolRuby.com (http: //coolruby.com), a site that tracks the latest Ruby developments, and working with ThoughtBot (http: //www.thoughtbot.com.) on the Rails engine that powers "Sermo America's Top Doctor" contest. Additionally, he has worked on several other Ruby projects, including the engine powering CyberKnowHow's "BirdFluBreakingNews" search engine, and he also created the Slueshi text adventure game system, a multiplayer text game engine written in Ruby.
David's journalism has been in print in over 65 countries, in magazines such as "Linux Magazine, Dr Dobb's Journal", and "PHP International Magazine". He's also taught college courses and spoken publicly on topics such as "MySQL and You" and "Making Money with Open Source Software."
He lives in New Hampshire and his hobbies include basketball, yo-yos, and sleep.