What is setup?
Every Rubyist is aware of Minero Aoki's ever useful setup.rb script. It's how most of us used to install our Ruby programs before RubyGems came along. And it's still mighty useful in certain scenarios, not the least of which is the job of the distribution package managers. While still providing the usual setup.rb script that one can distribute with a project, Setup also works as a stand-alone application. Instead of distributing setup.rb with a package, just instruct your users to install Ruby Setup and use it instead.
setup is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
setup Pros & Cons
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setup Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to setup?
rake
Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax. Rake has the following features: * Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?) * Users can specify tasks with prerequisites. * Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks. * Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths. * Supports parallel execution of tasks.
pry
An IRB alternative and runtime developer console.
rspec
BDD for Ruby.
