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
   

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2. gemcutter: REVENGE OF THE GEM
   SOURCES
   

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3. the gemcutter saga: new moon
   

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4. Now, this is a story all about how
   My gem host got flipped-turned upside down
   

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5. 5th year SE & CS major at RIT
   bills fan
   rubyist at heroku
   @qrush
   litanyagainstfear.com
   

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6. http://next.heroku.com
   

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7. > demo
   history
   motivation
   tech
   other features
   on deck
   

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8. demo
   > history
   motivation
   tech
   other features
   on deck
   

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9. january: jekyll
   may: railsconf
   august: launch?
   october: transition
   

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10. gemcutter.org ==
    gems.rubyforge.org ==
    rubygems.org
    

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11. demo
    history
    > motivation
    tech
    other features
    on deck
    

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13. the default host
    project approval
    php
    

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15. the new hotness
    forked gems
    hasmygembuiltyet.org
    

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16. accessible info
    publisher api
    open source
    

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17. demo
    history
    motivation
    > tech
    other features
    on deck
    

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19. class VaultObject < AWS::S3::S3Object
    set_current_bucket_to "gemcutter_production"
    end
    VaultObject.store("gems/awesome-1.0.0.gem", data, options)
    

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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
    

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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
    

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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
    

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26. class Gemcutter
    def save
    write_gem
    Delayed::Job.enqueue self
    notify("Successfully registered gem.", 200)
    end
    def perform
    update_index
    end
    end
    

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27. testing
    

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28. shoulda
    factory_girl
    rr
    cucumber
    

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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"
    

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30. demo
    history
    motivation
    tech
    > other features
    on deck
    

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31. prerelease versions
    Gem::Specification.new do |s|
    s.name = "jekyll"
    s.version = "0.6.0-pre"
    end
    

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32. development dependencies
    Gem::Specification.new do |s|
    s.name = "jekyll"
    s.add_development_dependency("shoulda", "2.10.2")
    end
    

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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
    

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34. demo
    history
    motivation
    tech
    other features
    > on deck
    

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35. rdoc.info + YARD
    

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37. READMEs/search
    

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38. gem forking: you.gemcutter.org
    

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39. this is our gem host now
    let's make it awesome!
    

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40. thanks
    you!
    thoughtbot
    github
    heroku
    ruby central
    

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41. gemcutter.org
    github.com/qrush/gemcutter
    irc.freenode.net
    #gemcutter
    

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