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Everything about RubyGems
Package manager for Ruby
RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries, a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them. It was created by Chad Fowler, Jim Weirich, David Alan Black, Paul Brannan and Richard Kilmer in 2004. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: RubyGemsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Ruby/GemThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: On the impact of security vulnerabilities in the npm and RubyGems dependency networksCited 70 times
- Go sideways: Jim WeirichA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CocoaPodsA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Ruby/GemDan Simmons · 2009
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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