Must-have gems for mature Rails

1. rubocop

   1 41 12,690 9.9 Ruby

   A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.

   

   gem "rubocop" - https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop | Set up code guidelines for your dev team, I recommend using whatever Standard recommends.

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3. standard

   2 20 2,784 8.6 Ruby

   Ruby's bikeshed-proof linter and formatter 🚲 (by standardrb)

   

   gem "rubocop" - https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop | Set up code guidelines for your dev team, I recommend using whatever Standard recommends.

4. Annotate

   3 9 4,453 1.4 Ruby

   Annotate Rails classes with schema and routes info

   

   gem "annotate" - https://github.com/ctran/annotate_models | Adds DB-schema comments to models. May be unnecessary on RubyMine, YMMW.

5. Lol DBA

   4 2 1,584 0.0 Ruby

   lol_dba is a small package of rake tasks that scan your application models and displays a list of columns that probably should be indexed. Also, it can generate .sql migration scripts.

   

   gem "lol_dba" - https://github.com/plentz/lol_dba | Inspect the state of table indexes.

6. SimpleCov

   5 11 4,812 7.8 Ruby

   Code coverage for Ruby with a powerful configuration library and automatic merging of coverage across test suites

   

   gem "simplecov" - https://github.com/simplecov-ruby/simplecov | Gather spec coverage stats locally and on CI, aim for those 90+%.

7. strong_migrations

   6 20 4,158 9.2 Ruby

   Catch unsafe migrations in development

   

   gem "strong_migrations" - https://github.com/ankane/strong_migrations | Helps devs write non-blocking migrations, a must-have.

8. packwerk

   7 18 1,686 6.5 Ruby

   Good things come in small packages.

   

   gem "packwerk" - https://github.com/Shopify/packwerk | Allows modularising Ruby code, a must-have for growing projects.

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10. Ruby Tests Profiling Toolbox

    8 9 1,900 8.2 Ruby

    Ruby Tests Profiling Toolbox

    

    gem "test-prof" - https://github.com/test-prof/test-prof | Toolkit for inspecting and optimising your test-suite, a must-have.

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