Creating a GEM – a handy step by step tutorial

&gt; There is a strict convention in regards to the gem versioning system.<p>Sadly this is not true. I&#x27;ve seen numerous gems that don&#x27;t follow this pattern.<p>If you&#x27;re going to create a gem I recommend using <a href="http://semver.org" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;semver.org</a> and stating in your readme that you use it so that users are certain of the system in use.

Check out jeweler (<a href="https://www.versioneye.com/ruby/jeweler/2.0.1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.versioneye.com&#x2F;ruby&#x2F;jeweler&#x2F;2.0.1</a>). It makes creating and managing a Gem much easier ;-) Since I know it, it is a must have in all of my Gem projects.