How to package your
Ruby code
Dr Nic Williams
mocra.com
drnicwilliams.com
Mocra

What we need
Packaging by developer
Easy unpacking by users
Dependencies
Executables
Platform agnostic/neutral

Solution: RubyGems

Workflow
Packaging
Public install host
SCM
Public repo
Continuous integration

Workflow
Packaging: RubyGems
Public install host: rubyforge.org
SCM: Git
Public repo: github.com or rubyforge.org
Continuous integration: runcoderun.com

Start a new gem

Your gem Just Works

Bunch of options

~/.newgem.yml

Then use more generators

Create executable

Create executable

test/test_osdc_cli.rb

lib/osdc/cli.rb

Build and Go

Workflow
Packaging: RubyGems
Public install host: rubyforge.org
SCM: Git
Public repo: github.com or rubyforge.org
Continuous integration: runcoderun.com

Describe your gem

Release to RubyForge

Workflow
Packaging: RubyGems
Public install host: rubyforge.org
SCM: Git
Public repo: github.com or rubyforge.org
Continuous integration: runcoderun.com

Local git repo

Remote hosting on github

Instructions for free

http://github.com/drnic/osdc

http://github.com/drnic/osdc

Example network graph

http://github.com/drnic/osdc

Workflow
Packaging: RubyGems
Public install host: rubyforge.org
SCM: Git
Public repo: github.com or rubyforge.org
Continuous integration: runcoderun.com

github → runcoderun

runcoderun runs tests on commits

http://runcoderun.com/drnic/osdc

happy green when its fixed

Workflow
Packaging: RubyGems
Public install host: rubyforge.org
SCM: Git
Public repo: github.com or rubyforge.org
Continuous integration: runcoderun.com

How to package your
Ruby code
Dr Nic Williams
mocra.com
drnicwilliams.com
Mocra