Useful gems for tutorial application

I learned of these gems from a variety of different sources:

Ruby Toolbox
RailsCasts
RubyFlow
various blog posts
example code and starter apps on GitHub
recommendations from colleagues
We’re adding these gems at the beginning of our development process since we already know which gems we’ll need. On a real project, you’ll often discover useful gems and add them to the Gemfile during the ongoing process of development.

Here are gems we’ll add to the Gemfile:

activerecord-tableless – helps to use Rails without a database
foundation-rails – front-end framework
gibbon – access to the MailChimp API
google_drive – use Google Drive spreadsheets for data storage
high_voltage – for static pages like “about”
simple_form – forms made easy
We’ll also add utilities that make development easier:

better_errors – helps when things go wrong
quiet_assets – suppresses distracting messages in the log
rails_layout – generates files for an application layout