Ruby Gems Course (How To)

Gems are libraries that you can use in your Ruby programs that provide extra functionality. There are a lot of gems in the Ruby ecosystem that cover all types of use cases. In this course, you'll learn about what gems are, how they are structured, and how to use them in your programs.

What you'll learn

• Ruby Gems
• Libraries

Ruby Gems

Gems are pre-built libraries that can be used in your Ruby applications. In this stage, we'll learn how to find, download, and install gems.

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• What Are Ruby Gems?

  6:08

• What Are Ruby Gems?

  4 questions

• Gem Installation

  3:14

• Gem Installation

  1 objective

• Gem Usage

  3:04

• Loading a Gem

  1 objective

Gems In Depth

In this stage, we're going to learn the ins and outs of working with and using Ruby gems.

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• The Gem Command

  6:04

• The Gem Command

  5 questions

• Uninstalling a Gem

  1:24

• Uninstalling Gems

  2 questions

• The Gem Environment

  3:27

• The Gem Environment

  1 objective

• Gem Content

  3:30

• Gem Contents

  1 objective