#384 Exploring RubyGems

RailsCasts by Ryan Bates

Oct 7, 20127:20Technology

RubyGems can make it easy to add a feature to a Rails application, but it can also cause headaches down the road. Here I give some tips on researching gems to decide which one to choose, or when to do it from scratch.

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