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This is an awesome resource, there is an overwhelming amount of choice for people that are new to Rails development (I am encountering this myself at the moment).

While I hope to eventually be able to pick which gems I like to use best, for a beginner this kind of guidance is really valuable.

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by xtacy » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:15 PM UTC

For Geocoding, here's another nice gem that uses Google/Yahoo/Freegeoip: https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder.

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by nc » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

ericb wrote: post #2

Overall, a good summary. > Since there is no more will_paginate in Rails 3, the only option is kaminari. This version of will_paginate seems to be fine in Rails 3: https://github.com/mislav/will_paginate/tree/v3.0.pre2 While I'm on the Rails 3 things you can find on Github topic, ActiveScaffold has a nice Rails 3 port here: https://github.com/vhochstein/active_scaffold

while will_paginate works fine on rails 3 it pollutes Array which kaminari doesn't. it's an easy switch as well (unless your doing some really custom stuff)

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by hanszeir » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

The best resource in my opinion is http://www.ruby-toolbox.com/.

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by chrismealy » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:31 PM UTC

xtacy wrote: post #4

For Geocoding, here's another nice gem that uses Google/Yahoo/Freegeoip: https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder .

Do you know how it compares to Geokit?

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by chrisbaglieri » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:35 PM UTC

swanson wrote: post #3

This is an awesome resource, there is an overwhelming amount of choice for people that are new to Rails development (I am encountering this myself at the moment). While I hope to eventually be able to pick which gems I like to use best, for a beginner this kind of guidance is really valuable.

Beginner or not, every time I stand up a new Rails application I find picking my head up and seeing what gems others are using is well worth the investment. References like this, along with recent Railscasts etc., are invaluable.

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by chrismealy » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:37 PM UTC

I always get so much out of these kinds of roundups. It would be great if somebody smart did them on a regular schedule.

Ruby Toolbox is great too: http://ruby-toolbox.com/

Re: Rails 3 - Fully Loaded

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Post by adambair » Fri, May 13, 2011, 4:46 PM UTC

swanson wrote: post #3

This is an awesome resource, there is an overwhelming amount of choice for people that are new to Rails development (I am encountering this myself at the moment). While I hope to eventually be able to pick which gems I like to use best, for a beginner this kind of guidance is really valuable.

Agreed. Unfortunately I think it's becoming more difficult for beginners to get up and running with Rails. Perhaps that's how a community evolves... or perhaps I'm no longer the target audience ;)