[image: RubyFacets.png] Home    Learn    Tips    Endorse[image: clear.gif]Install    Code    Wiki    Talk[image: clear.gif] LIBRARY FANTASTIC! Ruby Facets is the single largest collection of core extension methods and standard library additions available for the Ruby programming language.
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The IDEA

As programmers are wont to do, I started collecting reusable pieces of Ruby long ago. At first it was just a small function here, a useful module there. Eventually the collection became sizable and I called it TomsLib. As time wore on and my library grew, I started to feel it worth a general release. Sometime shortly there after I hit upon the idea of atomicity for the core extensions. That's how the name Facets came about -- it's all about the little things. Much has changed since those first days. But time has been good to Facets. Today, Facets 2.0 is a more solid and leaner library than ever before.
The continuing philosophy of Facets can be summed up in a simple mantra, "ALL BASE COMMON". The notion is that by sharing a large common foundation, that foundation can better serve us. There are a number of advantages to this approach. Among them name consistency, better code-reuse, collaborative improvements and reduced installation requirements.
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The CORE

Hundreds of methods in the Atomic Methods collection!
Facets/CORE...