# GemPlugin 0.2.1 -- Resources, Configs, Cleaner

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**Created:** [March 15, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gemplugin-0-2-1-resources-configs-cleaner/82146 "2006-03-15T09:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gemplugin-0-2-1-resources-configs-cleaner/82146/1 "2006-03-15T09:51:05Z")

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Just a quick announcement for people interested in GemPlugin. GemPlugin  
is  
the plugin system for Mongrel ([http://mongrel.rubyforge.org](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org)) which  
implements a dynamic plugin loading system without anything more than  
RubyGems and dependencies. The 0.2.1 release features:

NEW STUFF

- Works with edge rails by doing a better require on the init.rb file  
for  
your plugin.
- Has a way for you to package resources and config files and then load  
them  
into Ruby. This was used to package erb templates for the Mongrel  
configtool (a Camping app).
- Should work without getting in the way of your regular gems and also  
doesn’t use any deprecated stuff (thanks Austin).
- A little generator script called gpgen that will get you started with  
a  
plugin very quickly.
- Does not depend on _any_ Mongrel code and is Ruby licensed rather than  
LGPL so people are free to use it.

GETTING IT

You can check the docs for GemPlugin at:

[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/gem\_plugin\_rdoc/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/gem_plugin_rdoc/)

And you can grab it with:

$ gem install gem\_plugin

Finally here’s some documentation on writing a Mongrel plugin which I’m  
sure  
someone can take for their own uses:

[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/gem\_plugin.html](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/gem_plugin.html)

Enjoy!

Zed A. Shaw

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