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Internal Gem Infrastructure: A Crash Course

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April 24, 2014
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Internal Gem Infrastructure: A Crash Course

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

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April 24, 2014

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Transcript

  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

  30. None

  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