Gemcutter: The next step in gem hosting

Not satisfied by RubyGem hosts? Say hello to Gemcutter and prepare for awesome gem hosting. Learn about this open source effort to improve gem hosting and watch a live demo of the site.

Given at RubyConf 2010.
http://confreaks.net/videos/179-rubyconf2009-gemcutter-the-next-step-in-gem-hosting

Transcript

1. the next step in gem hosting nick quaranto
2. gemcutter: REVENGE OF THE GEM SOURCES
3. the gemcutter saga: new moon
4. Now, this is a story all about how My gem host got flipped-turned upside down
5. 5th year SE & CS major at RIT bills fan rubyist at heroku @qrush litanyagainstfear.com
6. http://next.heroku.com
7. > demo history motivation tech other features on deck
8. demo > history motivation tech other features on deck
9. january: jekyll may: railsconf august: launch? october: transition
10. gemcutter.org == gems.rubyforge.org == rubygems.org
11. demo history > motivation tech other features on deck
13. the default host project approval php
15. the new hotness forked gems hasmygembuiltyet.org
16. accessible info publisher api open source
17. demo history motivation > tech other features on deck
19. class VaultObject < AWS::S3::S3Object set_current_bucket_to "gemcutter_production" end VaultObject.store("gems/awesome-1.0.0.gem", data, options)
21. # app/metal/hostess.rb class Hostess < Sinatra::Default get "/specs.4.8.gz" do content_type('application/x-gzip') serve(current_path) end end
22. require File.join('vendor', 'bundler_gems', 'environment') require File.join('config', 'environment') use Rack::Static, :urls => ["/index.html", "/favicon.ico", "/images", "/stylesheets"], :root => "public/maintenance" use Hostess use Rack::Maintenance, :file => File.join('public', 'maintenance', 'index.html') run Sinatra::Application
24. # lib/rubygems_plugin.rb Gem::CommandManager.instance.register_command :push # lib/commands/push_command.rb class Gem::Commands::PushCommand < Gem::Command def execute send_gem end end
26. class Gemcutter def save write_gem Delayed::Job.enqueue self notify("Successfully registered gem.", 200) end def perform update_index end end
27. testing
28. shoulda factory_girl rr cucumber
29. Feature: Push Gems In order to share code with the world A rubygem developer Should be able to push gems up to Gemcutter Scenario: User pushes new gem Given I am signed up and confirmed as "email@person.com/password" And I have a gem "RGem" with version "1.2.3" And I have an api key for "email@person.com/password" When I push the gem "RGem-1.2.3.gem" with my api key And I visit the gem page for "RGem" Then I should see "RGem" And I should see "1.2.3"
30. demo history motivation tech > other features on deck
31. prerelease versions Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.name = "jekyll" s.version = "0.6.0-pre" end
32. development dependencies Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.name = "jekyll" s.add_development_dependency("shoulda", "2.10.2") end
33. linking to outside resources Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.name = "jekyll" s.links[:code] = "http://github.com/qrush/jekyll" s.links[:docs] = "http://rdoc.info/projects/qrush/jekyll" end
34. demo history motivation tech other features > on deck
35. rdoc.info + YARD
37. READMEs/search
38. gem forking: you.gemcutter.org
39. this is our gem host now let's make it awesome!
40. thanks you! thoughtbot github heroku ruby central
41. gemcutter.org github.com/qrush/gemcutter irc.freenode.net #gemcutter