are they the same? i am somewhat confused by the terminalogy. all i know is that gems get updated sometimes so one must freeze their application so new versions of the gem dont break anything in the rails application. plugins can be packaged as gems but whats the difference between ''install gem gem-name'' vs ''install plugin plugin name''? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 11/14/06, mixplate <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > are they the same? i am somewhat confused by the terminalogy. > > all i know is that gems get updated sometimes so one must freeze their > application so new versions of the gem dont break anything in the rails > application. > > plugins can be packaged as gems but whats the difference between > ''install gem gem-name'' vs ''install plugin plugin name''? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > >Gems live in a directory like /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/ and can be shared/used by any rails app. Plugins are installed into a sub-directory of your rails app at /vendor/plugins. A plugin can only be used in the rails app it is installed in. Hope this helps, -- Zack Chandler http://depixelate.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Zack Chandler wrote:> On 11/14/06, mixplate <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > are they the same? i am somewhat confused by the terminalogy. > > > > all i know is that gems get updated sometimes so one must freeze their > > application so new versions of the gem dont break anything in the rails > > application. > > > > plugins can be packaged as gems but whats the difference between > > ''install gem gem-name'' vs ''install plugin plugin name''? > > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > > > > > > Gems live in a directory like /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/ and can be > shared/used by any rails app. > Plugins are installed into a sub-directory of your rails app at > /vendor/plugins. A plugin can only be used in the rails app it is > installed in. > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Zack Chandler > http://depixelate.comI prefer to think of gems as being code used to extend Ruby, while plugins extend the functionality of Rails. _Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---