Gems

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Active record extensions

• Squeel https://github.com/ernie/squeel

Authentication

• Devise
• Authlogic

Authorization

• Can Can https://github.com/ryanb/cancan
• Authority https://github.com/nathanl/authority

Background jobs

• delayed job
• sideckick
• resque
• benstalkd

Decorators

• Draper https://github.com/drapergem/draper

Forms

• simpleform
• formtastic

Json

• jbuilder
• jsonify https://github.com/bsiggelkow/jsonify
• rabl https://github.com/nesquena/rabl

Pagination

• Kaminari https://github.com/amatsuda/kaminari
• will_paginate

Presenters, form objects

• Reform https://github.com/apotonick/reform

Traits

• Modularity https://github.com/makandra/modularity
• Active Support Concern
• Just plain Ruby extend, include

Uploads

• Carrierwave
• paperclip

Value Objects

• Virtus
• Active Attr https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr

PDF generation

• wicked pdf (when from html)
• prawn (when not from html)

Image manipulation

• rmagick

Searching

• ransack

Testing factories

• Factory girl
• Machinist

Testing mocks

• Bogus https://github.com/jnicklas/turnip

Testing code coverage

• Simplecov https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov

Testing - Integration

• Cucumber
• Turnip https://github.com/jnicklas/turnip
• Just rspec with capybara

Testing - other

• timecop
• zeus
• webmock https://github.com/bblimke/webmock

Other

• decent_exposure
• cells

Integration testing can be done with straight up RSpec.
Machinist can be use instead of FactoryGirl
Paperclip can be used for uploads.

FactoryGirl over Machinist.

I am not a fan of using traits...

guard is a good one for test automation
rails_best_practise is good for test coverage

brakeman is the security scanner