# What are your favorite plugins?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 5, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611 "2006-09-05T17:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/1 "2006-09-05T17:25:45Z")

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so far i have tried out ym4r(google map plugin), the logingenerator, and  
soon going to test a plugin for a ajax gallery(i lost the link, will  
find later)

i was wondering what everyone elses favorite plugin is so i dont  
overlook anything that has already been made! RoR is awesome.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/2 "2006-09-06T05:03:07Z")

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Make sure you poke around the plugin directory: http://  
[www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins)

## 🙂

Building an e-commerce site with Rails?  
[http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/rails-ecommerce](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/rails-ecommerce)

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/3 "2006-09-06T05:06:51Z")

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bbqTree wrote:

> so far i have tried out ym4r(google map plugin), the logingenerator, and  
> soon going to test a plugin for a ajax gallery(i lost the link, will  
> find later)
> 
> i was wondering what everyone elses favorite plugin is so i dont  
> overlook anything that has already been made! RoR is awesome.

Backgroundrb

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/4 "2006-09-06T08:55:23Z")

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2006/9/6, Ben J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Backgroundrb

+100000000!

–  
Michael S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

[www.siebert-wd.de](http://www.siebert-wd.de) - Gedanken lesen  
[www.stellar-legends.de](http://www.stellar-legends.de) - Weltraum-Browsergame im Alpha-Stadium

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/5 "2006-09-06T11:35:37Z")

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Anything written by Rick Olsen (technoweenie)… reading through the  
tests  
is an education in itself.

[http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/](http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/)

Seriously, I had never even heard of TDD, and Rick’s tests really opened  
my  
eyes to what good TDD is all about.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/6 "2006-09-05T17:45:58Z")

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So far FileColumn has proven to be a cornerstone for me.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-plugins/67611/7 "2006-09-06T14:11:50Z")

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On 9/6/06, foobario [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Anything written by Rick Olsen (technoweenie)… reading through the tests  
> is an education in itself.
> 
> [http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/](http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/)
> 
> Seriously, I had never even heard of TDD, and Rick’s tests really opened my  
> eyes to what good TDD is all about.

Speaking of testing, I wouldn’t go so far as to call this my favourite  
plugin, but it proved very useful when I needed it:  
[http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/upload\_mock](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/upload_mock)

martin