Using Plugins in Your App

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Rails plugins can help you do all sorts of things. Installing them is a lot simpler than you might think, deploying them is easy, and they’re a neat way of packaging and reusing your own code.

Nuby on Rails has posted part one of their Complete Guide to Rails Plugins. Definitely worth checking out if you’re not familiar with the Rails plugin architecture.

Stay tuned for the build your own plugins walk through.

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Lucas Chan

Systems Manager for SitePoint, Lucas has been building the web since 1996. His experience covers Content Management, Online Learning, Documentation Management, Product Ordering and ecommerce systems across Linux(Debian/Redhat/CentOS), Mac OS, FreeBSD and Microsoft platforms.

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Eric.Coleman March 24, 2007 at 2:42 pm

Well, Since the site is called ‘Nuby On Rails’, i assume it’s NOT a typo.

Disha March 21, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Hi, i see a spelling mistake in second para first line “Nuby on Rails”. i wonder if this is really what it is meant to be.

MarkB May 19, 2006 at 8:54 pm

Excellent news, Alex :) Thanks.

AlexW May 19, 2006 at 9:56 am

Is this blog actually going to be a regular blog? So far it’s been a bit of a let-down…

Fair comment, Mark.

We’re actually addressing his issue by adding another Ruby blogger. He’s tieing up the loose ends of a large project this week but should debut here next week.

MarkB May 18, 2006 at 7:38 pm

Is this blog actually going to be a regular blog? So far it’s been a bit of a let-down…

mrsmiley May 8, 2006 at 8:32 am

Nuby on Rails?

Eric.Coleman May 6, 2006 at 10:00 am

The entire rails blog here is pretty weak…

SitePoint_Fan May 6, 2006 at 5:40 am

This seems pretty weak to be considered a blog entry worth reading. Maybe there should be a new Sitepoint category called, “Shogs” – 2 sentence blogs.

GDA May 5, 2006 at 9:30 pm

sorry, these are Engines:) But to stay at the topic, we use the acts_as_taggable plugin.

GDA May 5, 2006 at 9:14 pm

Hi. Me and the lead developer in our team are a big fan of rails and it’s plugins. We use the login/user engine combo. These are extremly easy to implement and manage.

Just make sure to freeze them, when you upgrade your rails install:)

off topic: weblog.rubyonrails.hu – A small, Hungarian Rails community.

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