The way it's been explained to me, Rails packages (gems) are like prefab bathrooms and kitchens. Compared to e.g., Node.js packages which provide things like "sink" and "tap" and "door handle."
E.g., in Rails there's a popular auth package that includes password reset and recovery functionality:
EDIT: It sounds like I'm picking on those packages. I don't mean to, just want to highlight the difference in philosophy between the Node.js and Rails approaches.
The way it's been explained to me, Rails packages (gems) are like prefab bathrooms and kitchens. Compared to e.g., Node.js packages which provide things like "sink" and "tap" and "door handle."
E.g., in Rails there's a popular auth package that includes password reset and recovery functionality:
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise
Always a pain to build, and not something these popular Node.js packages save you from doing over and over again:
http://www.passportjs.org/
https://next-auth.js.org/
EDIT: It sounds like I'm picking on those packages. I don't mean to, just want to highlight the difference in philosophy between the Node.js and Rails approaches.