how to build a ruby gem
1. first you will create a user in rubygem.org (https://rubygems.org/)
2. create the directory structure like this:
$ tree
.
├── cc_hola.gemspec
└── lib
└── cc_hola.rb
you can use any name but you must keep consistency
3. in your .gemspec file
Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.name = 'CcHola'
s.version = '0.0.0'
s.date = '2014-10-20'
s.summary = "A ruby gem build test!"
s.description = "A ruby gem build test!"
s.authors = ["cckkll"]
s.email = '237178842@qq.com'
s.files = ["lib/cc_hola.rb"]
s.homepage = 'https://github.com/chengyuanheng'
end
4. in your .rb file
class CcHola
def self.hi
puts "Hello World!"
end
end
5. compiled gem
$ gem build cc_hola.gemspec
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: CcHola
Version: 0.0.0
File: CcHola-0.0.0.gem
$ gem install ccHola-0.0.0.gem
Successfully installed CcHola-0.0.0
1 gem installed
6. test your gem
$ irb
> require "cc_hola"
=> true
> CcHola.hi
Hello World!
=> nil
7. release your gem
$ curl -u cckkll https://rubygems.org/api/v1/api_key.yaml >~/.gem/credentials
Enter host password for user 'cckkll':
$ gem push CcHola-0.0.0.gem
Pushing gem to https://rubygems.org...
Successfully registered gem: CcHola (0.0.0)
you will find it in your rubygems account and all people can use it by
gem 'CcHola', '~> 0.0.0'