December, 2008 | WebOnRails

Ruby script to install bulk gems

Published on December 8, 2008

Recently I had to setup many rails servers and for that I had to install some gems again and again by issuing traditional “gem install xyz” command several times. This was actually very annoying. To avoid issuing “gem install xyz” command again and again, while setting up new machine, I wrote a utility script in … Continue reading Ruby script to install bulk gems

Skiping installation of ri and RDoc documentation while installing gems

Published on December 3, 2008

Probably most of the time you would like to skip ri and RDoc installation while installing some new gems, specially on production server. I do like to skip ri and RDoc documentation while installing gems on my development machine, because it takes more time to generate ri and RDoc then actual installation of gem. We … Continue reading Skiping installation of ri and RDoc documentation while installing gems

Ever tried Rails.root

Published on December 1, 2008

Guys, have you ever tried Rails.root. It gives same value as RAILS_ROOT. But now in edge rails it is modified and you can do much more with it. You can use Rails.root at places like: as Both gives the same result. Enjoy…