Gem Grinder

Question 1

What is the purpose of the ‘uglifier’ gem?

Answer 1

When our app is pushed to production, it automatically removes all the comments & white spaces in the CSS and Javascript files.

Question 2

What is the purpose of the ‘pundit’ gem?

Answer 2

To provide user role management.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the ‘devise’ gem?

Answer 3

To provide user authentication.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the ‘thin’ gem?

Answer 4

So that our app can use ‘Thin’ as the webserver in production (As opposed to the default Web brick).

Question 5

What is the purpose of the ‘figaro’ gem?

Answer 5

To secure our app by keeping credentials out of Git.