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title: "Ruby Compendium – What you can use for..."
content-type: page
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<nav class="navigation"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/gems.html">← Ruby Gems</a> | <a href="/ruby-compendium/book/index.html">Contents</a> | <a href="/ruby-compendium/book/resources.html">Resources →</a></nav>
<p>You could spend hours on the RubyGems web site to find what you&#8217;re looking for sometimes. Not because you can&#8217;t find it, but because often there are too many alternative libraries that overlap in terms of functionalities offered.</p>
<p>A site to check when you don&#8217;t know much of what has been done in a particular domain is <a href="http://ruby-toolbox.com/">The Ruby Toolbox</a>, which organizes quite a lot of gems into <a href="http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories.html">categories</a>. This section is somewhat similar, but it focuses on just a few common tasks and a small set of hand-picked gems.</p>

<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_18" class="toc">Command Line Applications</h1></header>
<p><strong>cmdparse</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;cmdparse provides classes for parsing commands on the command line; command line options are parsed using optparse or any other option parser implementation.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://cmdparse.rubyforge.org/">http://cmdparse.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/cmdparse">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/cmdparse</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/cmdparse">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/cmdparse</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>gli</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;An application and <span class="caps">API</span> for describing command line interfaces that can be used to quickly create a shell for executing command-line tasks.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://davetron5000.github.com/gli">http://davetron5000.github.com/gli</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/gli">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/gli</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/gli">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/gli</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>highline</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;A high-level IO library that provides validation, type conversion, and more for command-line interfaces. HighLine also includes a complete menu system that can crank out anything from simple list selection to complete shells with just minutes of work.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://highline.rubyforge.org/">http://highline.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/highline">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/highline</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/highline">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/highline</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>hirb</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;A mini view framework for console/irb that&#8217;s easy to use, even while under its influence. Console goodies include a no-wrap table, auto-pager, tree and menu&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="https://github.com/cldwalker/hirb">https://github.com/cldwalker/hirb</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/hirb">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/hirb</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/hirb">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/hirb</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_19" class="toc">Documentation</h1></header>
<p><strong>glyph</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Glyph is a framework for structured document authoring.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.h3rald.com/glyph/">http://www.h3rald.com/glyph/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/glyph">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/glyph</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/glyph">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/glyph</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>rdoc</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;RDoc produces <span class="caps">HTML</span> and online documentation for Ruby projects. RDoc includes the rdoc and ri tools for generating and displaying online documentation.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/">https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rdoc">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rdoc</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rdoc">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rdoc</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>yard</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;<span class="caps">YARD</span> is a documentation generation tool for the Ruby programming language. It enables the user to generate consistent, usable documentation that can be exported to a number of formats very easily, and also supports extending for custom Ruby constructs such as custom class level definitions.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://yardoc.org/">http://yardoc.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/yard">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/yard</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/yard">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/yard</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_20" class="toc">Gem Management</h1></header>
<p><strong>bundler</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Bundler manages an application&#8217;s dependencies through its entire life, across many machines, systematically and repeatably.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://gembundler.com/">http://gembundler.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bundler">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bundler</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bundler">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bundler</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>jeweler</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Simple and opinionated helper for creating Rubygem projects on GitHub&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler">http://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/jeweler">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/jeweler</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jeweler">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jeweler</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>bones</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Mr Bones is a handy tool that creates new projects from a code skeleton.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="https://github.com/TwP/bones">https://github.com/TwP/bones</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bones">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bones</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bones">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bones</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_21" class="toc">GUI Programming</h1></header>
<p><strong>bowline</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Ruby/JS <span class="caps">GUI</span> framework&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://bowlineapp.com/">http://bowlineapp.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bowline">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bowline</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bowline">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bowline</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>fxruby</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;FXRuby is the Ruby binding to the <span class="caps">FOX</span> <span class="caps">GUI</span> toolkit&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.fxruby.org/">http://www.fxruby.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/fxruby">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/fxruby</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/fxruby">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/fxruby</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>wxruby</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;wxRuby allows the creation of graphical user interface (<span class="caps">GUI</span>) applications via the wxWidgets library. wxRuby provides native-style <span class="caps">GUI</span> windows, dialogs and controls on platforms including Windows, OS X and Linux.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://wxruby.org/">http://wxruby.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/wxruby">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/wxruby</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/wxruby">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/wxruby</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>qtruby4</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Qt4 Bindings for Ruby.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/">http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/qtruby4">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/qtruby4</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/qtruby4">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/qtruby4</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>rugui</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;RuGUI is a framework which aims to help building desktop applications. RuGUI was mostly inspired by the Ruby on Rails framework, taking most of its features from it.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://rugui.org/">http://rugui.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rugui">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rugui</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rugui">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rugui</a></li>
</ul>
	<aside class="box">
<div class="box-title">What about Shoes?</div>
<a href="http://shoesrb.com/">Shoes</a> is a cross-platform, easy-to-use Ruby toolkit originally created by <a href="/ruby-compendium/book/rubyists.html#_why"></a>. Unfortunately, it is distributed as a standalone application rather than a gem (yet), due to its internal architecture and dependencies.

</aside>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_22" class="toc">Markup and Template Languages</h1></header>
<p><strong>bluecloth</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;BlueCloth is a Ruby implementation of Markdown, a text-to-<span class="caps">HTML</span> conversion tool for web writers. To quote from the project page: Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid <span class="caps">XHTML</span> (or <span class="caps">HTML</span>).&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth">http://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bluecloth">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bluecloth</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bluecloth">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bluecloth</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>github-markup</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;This gem is used by GitHub to render any fancy markup such as Markdown, Textile, Org-Mode, etc. Fork it and add your own!&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://github.com/github/markup">http://github.com/github/markup</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/github-markup">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/github-markup</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/github-markup">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/github-markup</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>haml</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Haml (<span class="caps">HTML</span> Abstraction Markup Language) is a layer on top of <span class="caps">XHTML</span> or <span class="caps">XML</span> that&#8217;s designed to express the structure of <span class="caps">XHTML</span> or <span class="caps">XML</span> documents in a non-repetitive, elegant, easy way, using indentation rather than closing tags and allowing Ruby to be embedded with ease. It was originally envisioned as a plugin for Ruby on Rails, but it can function as a stand-alone templating engine.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://haml-lang.com/">http://haml-lang.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/haml">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/haml</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/haml">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/haml</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>liquid</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;A secure, non-evaling end user template engine with aesthetic markup.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.liquidmarkup.org/">http://www.liquidmarkup.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/liquid">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/liquid</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/liquid">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/liquid</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>mustache</strong> <blockquote>&quot;Inspired by ctemplate, Mustache is a framework-agnostic way to render logic-free views. As ctemplates says, &#8220;It emphasizes separating logic from presentation: it is impossible to embed application logic in this template language. Think of Mustache as a replacement for your views. Instead of views consisting of <span class="caps">ERB</span> or <span class="caps">HAML</span> with random helpers and arbitrary logic, your views are broken into two parts: a Ruby class and an <span class="caps">HTML</span> template.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://github.com/defunkt/mustache">http://github.com/defunkt/mustache</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/mustache">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/mustache</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/mustache">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/mustache</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>rdiscount</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Fast Implementation of Gruber&#8217;s Markdown in C&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://github.com/rtomayko/rdiscount/">http://github.com/rtomayko/rdiscount/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rdiscount">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rdiscount</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rdiscount">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rdiscount</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>redcloth</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;RedCloth is a Ruby library for converting Textile into <span class="caps">HTML</span>.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://redcloth.org/">http://redcloth.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/redcloth">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/redcloth</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/redcloth">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/redcloth</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_23" class="toc">Static Web Site Generators</h1></header>
<p><strong>jekyll</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://jekyllrb.com/">http://jekyllrb.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/jekyll">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/jekyll</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jekyll">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jekyll</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>nanoc</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;a web publishing system written in Ruby for building small to medium-sized websites.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://nanoc.stoneship.org/">http://nanoc.stoneship.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/nanoc">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/nanoc</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/nanoc">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/nanoc</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>toto</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;the tiniest blog-engine in Oz.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://cloudhead.io/toto">http://cloudhead.io/toto</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/toto">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/toto</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/toto">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/toto</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>webby</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Webby is a fantastic little website management system. It would be called a content management system if it were a bigger kid. But, it&#8217;s just a runt with a special knack for transforming text. And that&#8217;s really all it does &#8211; manages the legwork of turning text into something else, an <span class="caps">ASCII</span> Alchemist if you will.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://webby.rubyforge.org/">http://webby.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/webby">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/webby</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/webby">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/webby</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_24" class="toc">Testing</h1></header>
<p><strong>bacon</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Bacon is a small RSpec clone weighing less than 350 LoC but nevertheless providing all essential features.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://github.com/chneukirchen/bacon">http://github.com/chneukirchen/bacon</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bacon">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/bacon</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bacon">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/bacon</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>cucumber</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Behaviour Driven Development with elegance and joy&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://cukes.info/">http://cukes.info/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/cucumber">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/cucumber</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/cucumber">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/cucumber</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>minitest</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;minitest provides a complete suite of testing facilities supporting <span class="caps">TDD</span>, <span class="caps">BDD</span>, mocking, and benchmarking. minitest/unit is a small and incredibly fast unit testing framework.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest">https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/minitest">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/minitest</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/minitest">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/minitest</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>rspec</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;RSpec is a Behaviour-Driven Development tool for Ruby programmers. <span class="caps">BDD</span> is an approach to software development that combines Test-Driven Development, Domain Driven Design, and Acceptance Test-Driven Planning. RSpec helps you do the <span class="caps">TDD</span> part of that equation, focusing on the documentation and design aspects of <span class="caps">TDD</span>.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://relishapp.com/rspec">http://relishapp.com/rspec</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rspec">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rspec</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rspec">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rspec</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>shoulda</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Making tests easy on the fingers and eyes&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda">http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/shoulda">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/shoulda</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/shoulda">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/shoulda</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_25" class="toc">Web Development</h1></header>
<p><strong>rails</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It encourages beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">http://rubyonrails.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rails">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rails</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rails">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rails</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>sinatra</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Classy web-development dressed in a <span class="caps">DSL</span>&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/">http://www.sinatrarb.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/sinatra">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/sinatra</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/sinatra">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/sinatra</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>padrino-framework</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;The Godfather of Sinatra provides a full-stack agnostic framework on top of Sinatra&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.padrinorb.com/">http://www.padrinorb.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/padrino-framework">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/padrino-framework</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/padrino-framework">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/padrino-framework</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>merb-core</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Merb. Pocket rocket web framework.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.merbivore.com/">http://www.merbivore.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/merb-core">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/merb-core</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/merb-core">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/merb-core</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>ramaze</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Ramaze is a simple and modular web framework&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://ramaze.net/">http://ramaze.net/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/ramaze">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/ramaze</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/ramaze">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/ramaze</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>camping</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;miniature rails for stay-at-home moms&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://camping.rubyforge.org/">http://camping.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/camping">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/camping</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/camping">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/camping</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_26" class="toc">Web and App Servers</h1></header>
<p><strong>passenger</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Easy and robust Ruby web application deployment.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://www.modrails.com/">http://www.modrails.com/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/passenger">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/passenger</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/passenger">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/passenger</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>rack</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Rack provides a minimal interface between webservers supporting Ruby and Ruby frameworks.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://rack.rubyforge.org/">http://rack.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rack">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/rack</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rack">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rack</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>thin</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;A thin and fast web server&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/">http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/thin">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/thin</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/thin">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/thin</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>unicorn</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;Unicorn is an <span class="caps">HTTP</span> server for Rack applications designed to only serve fast clients on low-latency, high-bandwidth connections and take advantage of features in Unix/Unix-like kernels.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://unicorn.bogomips.org/">http://unicorn.bogomips.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/unicorn">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/unicorn</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/unicorn">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/unicorn</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
<section class="section">
<header><h1 id="h_27" class="toc">XML Parsing</h1></header>
<p><strong>hpricot</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;a swift, liberal <span class="caps">HTML</span> parser with a fantastic library&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/">http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/hpricot">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/hpricot</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/hpricot">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/hpricot</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>nokogiri</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;An <span class="caps">HTML</span>, <span class="caps">XML</span>, <span class="caps">SAX</span>, &amp; Reader parser with the ability to search documents via XPath or CSS3 selectors&#8230; and much more&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://nokogiri.org/">http://nokogiri.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/nokogiri">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/nokogiri</a></li>
</ul>
	
	<p><strong>xml-simple</strong> <blockquote>&#8220;A simple <span class="caps">API</span> for <span class="caps">XML</span> processing.&#8221;</blockquote></p>
<ul>
	<li>Web Page: <a href="http://xml-simple.rubyforge.org/">http://xml-simple.rubyforge.org/</a></li>
	<li>Download: <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/gems/xml-simple">http://www.rubygems.org/gems/xml-simple</a></li>
	<li>Documentation: <a href="http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/xml-simple">http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/xml-simple</a></li>
</ul>

</section>
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