RadiantCasts episode 18 - packaging Radiant extensions as gems

One of the new features in Radiant 0.9 is the ability to load extensions from gems. This screencast demonstrates how to package your extension as a gem, how to load extensions through config.gem instead of vendor/extensions, and discusses why you might prefer using gems over vendorizing your extensions.

Content

• Why use gems?
• Creating a gemspec
• Building and installing your gem
• Loading extensions through config.gem instead of vendor/extensions.

Josh French is the senior engineer at Digital Pulp.

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