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Does one really need that Gem?

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a!/samphippen

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NO

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Let’s have some questions a!/samphippen [email protected]

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you: ಠ_ಠ

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NO

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Bundler

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Bundler is one of the best package managers of all time

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Sincerely

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Let’s have some questions !!/samphippen [email protected]

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Problem

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We specified one Gem in our Gemfile

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We got 6 gems installed

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Transitive dependencies

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You presumably trust the RSpec core team

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Let’s have some questions !!/samphippen [email protected]

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Had you heard of diff-lcs before today?

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Do you trust its author?

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Even the most mature gems can have surprises in them

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(rails)

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What’s in a Gem?

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ActiveRecord

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activerecord.gemspec

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Gem::Specification.new do |s|

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s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY s.name = 'activerecord' s.version = version s.summary = ‘Object-relationa…’ s.description = 'Databases on Rails…’

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s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY s.name = 'activerecord' s.version = version s.summary = ‘Object-relationa…’ s.description = 'Databases on Rails…’

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version = File.read(File.expand_path('../../ RAILS_VERSION', __FILE__)).strip

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s.license = 'MIT'

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s.add_dependency( ‘activesupport', version) s.add_dependency( ‘activemodel’, version) s.add_dependency( ‘arel', ‘7.0.0.alpha')

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lib and bin directories

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A critical approach

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We’ve all done this

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We can do better

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The Ruby Toolbox is your friend

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State machine versus AASM

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Most gems are hideously understaffed

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Remember these people are working for free!

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Versioning

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SemVer is our standard

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M.m.p

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M.m.p We fixed one or more bugs

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M.m.p We added one or more features

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M.m.p We broke one or more APIs

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0.m.p We can break your shit at any moment

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Vendoring

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There is no shame in vending code

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Sometimes you do not need an entire gem

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< 100loc

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Let’s have some questions a!/samphippen [email protected]