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What is Ruby on Rails?

Posted in FAQ by Vishi on the May 11th, 2006

We develop web applications, using agile development techniques with Ruby on Rails. Other tools like Basecamp, Trac, Subversion, Blogs and Aggregators enhance the joy in development.

Rails is a full-stack framework for developing powerful database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern, accessible using any internet browser.

Rails is built on the:

  • Interpreted
  • Dynamically typed
  • Pure object-oriented
  • Scripting language, from Japan named Ruby.
  • It’s Simple, straightforward and extensible.

Scalable, reliable, maintainable and easy to use applications can be developed in weeks instead of months using Ruby on Rails. Some cutting edge Rails features:

  • Ajax using RJS
  • Object-relational mapping (ORM)
  • Convention over configuration promoting simplicity
  • Generators to automate repeating tasks
  • Integrated test framework
  • Automated application deployment promoting frequent releases to production
  • Web services integration
  • Migrations with the ability to deploy/rollback database schema changes.

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