no , plugins go along with the rails app. gems get installed in the computer your are using and if you take your rails app somewhere else you have to install all the gems in that other computer, plugins install in the /vendor/plugin folder in the rails app and they go where ever you app goes, the result is almost the same but , gems are better if you have several project using something common, for example , most rails app use will_paginate so is better to install it as a gem on the pc, if you install will paginate as a plugin you would have a copy of will_paginate in each app, and also your app would grow as you put plugins in them.
At then i installed awesome nested set as a plugin in the vendors/plugin directory because i needed to hack it, is not a good idea to hack a gem as gems as i explained are shared by all the apps in that computer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
