Good docs on writing gems?

rubyonrails-talk
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Are there any good docs / blogs / websites about writing gems? We are trying to take a bit of code and put it into a gem but just can't find documentation on the specifics of writing one!

For instance - 1 - How can we have a different dependencies based on platform?

2 - How do we reference other files? Is there a variable (like RAILS_ROOT) that will tell us where we are located? We have a line like this: require 'lib/mc_client_osx.rb' but it can't find that file (obviously) as it doesn't know where to look.

Any pointers to docs or blogs (or answers!) would be greatly appreciated.

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As far as I know, there’s a book by apress. Or you can just google :slight_smile:

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Have you looked at Jeweler ?

http://technicalpickles.com/posts/craft-the-perfect-gem-with-jeweler/