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| author | twinturbo <me@broadcastingadam.com> | 2012-04-28 22:33:11 -0700 |
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| committer | twinturbo <me@broadcastingadam.com> | 2012-04-28 22:33:11 -0700 |
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:lifo/docrails
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diff --git a/guides/source/plugins.textile b/guides/source/plugins.textile index 97b4eca779..95e38db483 100644 --- a/guides/source/plugins.textile +++ b/guides/source/plugins.textile @@ -25,16 +25,14 @@ endprologue. h3. Setup -Before you continue, take a moment to decide if your new plugin will be potentially shared across different Rails applications. +_"vendored plugins"_ were available in previous versions of Rails, but they are deprecated in +Rails 3.2, and will not be available in the future. -* If your plugin is specific to your application, your new plugin will be a _vendored plugin_. -* If you think your plugin may be used across applications, build it as a _gemified plugin_. +Currently, Rails plugins are built as gems, _gemified plugins_. They can be shared accross +different rails applications using RubyGems and Bundler if desired. h4. Generate a gemified plugin. -Writing your Rails plugin as a gem, rather than as a vendored plugin, - lets you share your plugin across different rails applications using - RubyGems and Bundler. Rails 3.1 ships with a +rails plugin new+ command which creates a skeleton for developing any kind of Rails extension with the ability |