- HowToWriteAnActsAsFoxPlugin – an acts_as_fox example which interacts with the database using a new magic field name.
- HowToWritePluginToModifyRailsCore – You can modify (almost?) any part of the Rails Core with a plugin.
- The Complete Guide To Plugins part 1 and The Complete Guide To Plugins part 2 by topfunky are a good Starting point for writing plugins.
- The Rails Plugin Tutorial for the ActiveRecord was written because some details such as mixins were not clearly covered in other tutorials.
- Automating Plugin Builds with Rake provides a Rake task that builds the plug-in package. It conforms to Rail’s plugin installer’s requirements for HTTP distribution of plugins, and simplifies publishing plugins on RubyForge.
- Tutorial: A simple act_as_ plugin for ruby on rails – a step by step guide through the creation of an act_as plugin. You can use this code also as a template for creating your act_as plug-ins.
- ActsAsMonkey – A sample plugin with comments.
Tips
(and some old stuff)
- HowToWritePluginWithModels – You must over-ride a class function in models built in to plugins. If you include an ActiveRecord model with your plugin, read this and spare yourself some pain.
- HowToWriteAnActsAsChickenPlugin – a basic acts_as_chicken example which does not interact with the database. This example adds a class method to a model.
- SomeImportantPluginNotes – you must be using Rails 0.14 or greater; here are some more tips before you start.
- PluginsForDummies – the basic idea in a Ruby example.