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state_machine 0.10.0: Let’s rock!

~1 year ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
As excited as I am to receive my pre-ordered copy of Duke Nukem Forever and quench my 14-year thirst, I’m even more excited to announce the official...

#1: plugin_dependencies - Who do you depend on?

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
Dependencies, dependencies, dependencies. Try saying that three times fast! For Java, we had import, for C# we had using, for Ruby we've got require...

70 plugins?! but.. but.. but why?

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
We knew that question was going to be asked sooner or later. It was definitely sooner rather than later, but that's besides the point. It was especially...

Welcome to PluginAWeek

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
Allow me to be the first to welcome you to PluginAWeek, an open-source Ruby on Rails project. We're very excited to finally get all of our content...

Why Plugins and not Gems?

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
Well it's a good a question. We ask ourselves the very same question when we started preparing each plugin for this project. Plugin? Gem? Plugin...

Rails Engines - Too much of a good thing?

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
We plan on settling the Rails Engines issue once and for all. Don’t believe us? Think it’s like solving the whole Linux-Windows issue in one...

Eeny Meeny Miny Mo

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
So we’ve had some choices to make with PluginAWeek over the past few days, mainly: In what order do we release plugins? Randomly? Alphabetically...

#2: loaded_plugins - A monkey plugin

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
Alright, onto our second plugin! What's that? You thought we were only releasing 1 plugin a week? Now what in the world would have given you that...

#3: plugin_migrations - “Where have all the migrations gone?”

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
Alright, so maybe those weren't Paula Cole's exact lyrics. I feel like I'm on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; I always have some background...

Patching Rails: Your path to becoming a Rails Surgeon

over 5 years ago by aaron on PluginAWeek.
We mentioned the topic of patching rails in the last post. And now it’s time to address it front and center. What’s the issue? The issue here...