Internal Gem Infrastructure: A Crash Course

A quick talk about building, releasing, and hosting your own gems.

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1. ! internal gem infrastructure a crash course
2. sharing is caring
3. internal open source
4. separate concerns
5. isolation
6. an example
7. “Gets the job done right?”
8. “What does this even do?”
9. “I’ll make a gem!”
10. building releasing hosting
11. building a gem a crash course inside a crash course
12. how meta. har har.
13. build a new gem bundle gem ls-super_awesomeness
14. a fresh gem
15. namespacing # LivingSocial => LS # GitHub => GH # YourCompany => YC module LS class GeminaboxClient end end LS::GeminaboxClient require “ls/geminabox_client”
16. a basic example
17. ! semantic versioning see SemVer.org for the full spec 3.1.42
18. 3.1.42 ! bug fix ! semantic versioning
19. 3.1.42 new feature! ! semantic versioning
20. 3.1.42 breaking change ! semantic versioning
21. if its stable it should be 1.0.0
22. let the world behold your awesomeness
23. releasing should be EASY
24. git tag -v 3.1.42 rake build gem inabox \ pkg/ls-super_awesomeness-3.1.42.gem
25. rake release
26. don’t accidentally open source your code
27. git tag -v 3.1.42 rake build gem inabox \ pkg/ls-super_awesomeness-3.1.42.gem
28. rake release
29. monkeypatch subclass bundler
31. the magic
32. in your Rakefile delete bundler/gem_tasks
33. gem servers
34. geminabox stickler gemfury
35. host your own server (behind the firewall)
36. geminabox provides: - authentication[1] - pull through mirroring - `gem inabox` command [1] via custom middleware
37. stickler provides: - authentication[1] - selective mirroring - command line client - bundler api[2] [1] via custom middleware [2] coming soon
38. hosted server (not behind the firewall)
39. gemfury.com provides: - authentication - mirroring - command line client - nodejs and python support
40. tyler montgomery @ubermajestix
41. photo credits https://www.flickr.com/photos/keitaro/39838227 https://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur-caranta/4048968087 https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalavinka/4617897952 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mellertime/1425023577 http://www.otj.com/Portfolio/Project-details/id/36.aspx