<p>I'm starting work on a project using Rails, but I'm waiting for the 3rd edition of the pragmatic rails book to come out before I purchase a book.</p>

<p>Anyway, my question is a bit more pointed than how do I get started...</p>

<p>What are some of the must have gems that everyone uses?</p>

<p>I need basic authentication, so I have the restful authentication gem, but beyond that, I don't know what I don't know. Is there a run down of this information somewhere? Some basic setup that 99% of the people start with when starting a new rails application?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

The gems and plugins that I tend to use on most of my projects are:
Restful Authentication
-- For authentication
Will Paginate
-- For pagination
Attachment Fu
-- For image and file attachments
RedCloth
-- For textile rendering
Capistrano
-- For deployment