List of useful gems and related articles I've come across.

useful_rails_gems.md

Notes for those who are reading this:

• Blocks are generally used together.
• Feel free to suggest addition gems or articles to be added.
• I may eventually make this into a repo.
• At the bottom is a list of things pending review that others may find useful.

General:

• Bootstrap: https://github.com/seyhunak/twitter-bootstrap-rails

• Voting: https://github.com/ryanto/acts_as_votable

• Testing:

  • General: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails
  • Feature: https://github.com/jnicklas/capybara
  • Time-sensitive: https://github.com/travisjeffery/timecop
  • Automation: https://github.com/guard/guard-rspec
  • Coverage: https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov
  • Testing articles:
    • Common elements: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/rspec-integration-tests-with-capybara
    • Overtesting: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3159-testing-like-the-tsa
    • Readability: https://about.futurelearn.com/blog/how-we-write-readable-feature-tests-with-rspec/
    • Directory structure: https://www.madetech.com/blog/feature-testing-with-rspec

• Authentication and user management:

  • Authentication https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
  • Bootstrap integration: https://github.com/hisea/devise-bootstrap-views

• Web crawling/scraping: https://github.com/felipecsl/wombat

• ---AJAX: https://github.com/Muriel-Salvan/rails-ajax---

  • AJAX is better handled via js.erb files in the views.

• Image upload/management:

  • File upload: https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave
  • Image processing: https://github.com/minimagick/minimagick
  • Cloud services: https://github.com/fog/fog

• Pagination:

  • Pagination: https://github.com/mislav/will_paginate
  • Bootstrap integration:https://github.com/bootstrap-ruby/will_paginate-bootstrap

• Settings:

  • Management: https://github.com/huacnlee/rails-settings-cached
    • UI: https://github.com/accessd/rails-settings-ui

• Content:

  • Text Editing:
    • TinyMCE: https://github.com/spohlenz/tinymce-rails
  • Plagiarism Checking: https://github.com/bvandenbos/copyscape-rb

• To Categorize:

  • Group By timespan: https://github.com/ankane/groupdate
  • Validate/display/save Phone numbers: https://github.com/joost/phony_rails
  • CORE Support for Rack: https://github.com/cyu/rack-cors

Github Related:

• Gister: https://github.com/defunkt/gist
  • Note: Used to easily make github gists.

Things to review

• http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/24-extremely-useful-ruby-gems-for-web-development--net-23863
• https://infinum.co/the-capsized-eight/articles/a-gem-for-every-occasion-11-great-ruby-libraries-we-use-on-every-project
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-useful-gems-to-use-in-Rails
• https://github.com/hothero/awesome-rails-gem
  • Likely better performance wise to make use of the list of gems rather than use this gem directly.
• http://www.rubyonrails365.com/7-must-have-gems-to-install-on-any-project/
• https://www.relishapp.com/womply/rails-style-guide/docs/developing-rails-applications/priceless-gems
• http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/10-must-have-ruby-gems
• http://www.nickhammond.com/useful-gems-to-keep-your-rails-app-fresh/