gems.markdown

Essential

• rails
• passenger
• mysql
• sqlite3-ruby
• haml
• compass
• bluecloth
• nifty_generators

Non-essential, but quite nice to have.

• fcgi
• ghost
• restful_authentication
• authlogic
• rdiscount
• oniguruma
• hpricot
• textpow
• ultraviolet
• recaptcha
• radiant / radius

Suggested by others:

• calendar_date_select
• will_paginate
• validates_existence
• foreign_keys
• awesome_nested_set
• jammit