Mention what is the difference between a gem and a plugin in Ruby?

Technology Community › Category: Ruby on Rails › Mention what is the difference between a gem and a plugin in Ruby?

0 Vote Up Vote Down

VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

Gem: A gem is a just ruby code. It is installed on a machine, and it’s available for all ruby applications running on that machine.
Plugin: Plugin is also ruby code, but it is installed in the application folder and only available for that specific application.

Question Tags: Junior Level, Ruby on Rails