Googling for acts_as_taggable is a little confusing: gem, plugin?! What are the differences? Which one to choose? Where is the best doc? Alain
plugin requires Rails 1.1, so unless you''re running Edge it won''t work. Also, there is no documentation as yet. Gem works on 1.0. It has some documentation, but as far as I can tell the real meat of the docs was (http://dema.ruby.com.br/articles/2005/09/03/tagging-on-steroids-with-rails) which unfortunately doesn''t seem to exist anymore. I''d love to be shown otherwise, I only started checking out acts_as_taggable a few days ago. They work pretty much the same, but are implemented differently. plugin is eaiser to configure since it''s one line to make it works, and seems simpler to use in general. Bottom line, if you''re not using Edge you can''t even use the plugin now anyway...when Rails 1.1 comes out you should be able to convert it all somewhat easily using migrations. Pat On 2/10/06, Alain Ravet <arav2132@biz.tiscali.be> wrote:> Googling for acts_as_taggable is a little confusing: gem, plugin?! > > What are the differences? > Which one to choose? > Where is the best doc? > > Alain > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
The current code and documentation for acts_as_taggable gem is here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/taggable/ It is very confusing that someone came up with a plugin of the same name instead of taking the existing code and changing the implementation of the pre-existing gem code. Two completely different instances of acts_as_taggable will only cause pain down the road. My cloud code (the second link of a Google search for acts_as_taggable!) has only been tested with the Gem code. -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Pat Maddox Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:41 PM To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: Re: [Rails] acts_as_taggable : plugin vs gem plugin requires Rails 1.1, so unless you''re running Edge it won''t work. Also, there is no documentation as yet. Gem works on 1.0. It has some documentation, but as far as I can tell the real meat of the docs was (http://dema.ruby.com.br/articles/2005/09/03/tagging-on-steroids-with-rails) which unfortunately doesn''t seem to exist anymore. I''d love to be shown otherwise, I only started checking out acts_as_taggable a few days ago. They work pretty much the same, but are implemented differently. plugin is eaiser to configure since it''s one line to make it works, and seems simpler to use in general. Bottom line, if you''re not using Edge you can''t even use the plugin now anyway...when Rails 1.1 comes out you should be able to convert it all somewhat easily using migrations. Pat On 2/10/06, Alain Ravet <arav2132@biz.tiscali.be> wrote:> Googling for acts_as_taggable is a little confusing: gem, plugin?! > > What are the differences? > Which one to choose? > Where is the best doc? > > Alain > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >_______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Tom Fakes wrote: > It is very confusing that So, what''s the verdict? Which one has the best future? Which one has the best features? Alain -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> So, what''s the verdict? > Which one has the best future? > Which one has the best features?The plugin was written by DHH, so that''s probably the future. There are basic docs in the new Pragmatic Rails Recipe''s beta book. It is confusing, agreed.
I would go with the GEM right now because it works with any Rails version, is documented, and people have experience with it. In 3 months time, this may change. -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Alain Ravet Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:38 PM To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: [Rails] Re: RE: acts_as_taggable : plugin vs gem Tom Fakes wrote: > It is very confusing that So, what''s the verdict? Which one has the best future? Which one has the best features? Alain -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails