As a follow on from the django framework post i wrote about previously , i will now talk about a second framework that we also offer pre-installed on our virtual servers, which is probably the fastest growing framework out there today and thats Ruby on rails , RoR is also an opensource web application framework for the ruby programming language and is used for rapid development.

As your VPS comes already pre-installed and pre-configured with the RoR saving you time and hassle, you can login straight away and start configuring your app/site.

If your New to RoR, you can, via the RoR website  follow the step by step screencast to building your own blog engine. Which will give you a good overview of the power and flexibility of this framework.

Creating A Weblog in 15 Mins

In 15 minutes, we go from scratch to complete weblog engine with comments, ajax, an ATOM feed, an XML and JSON API, tests, an administrative interface, and much more! We strongly advise that you sit down before starting this whirlwind tour. Your head may well be spinning at the end. Come along for the Ruby on Rails ride.

Framework structure

Ruby on Rails is separated into various packages, namely ActiveRecord (an object-relational mapping system for database access), ActiveResource (provides web services), ActionPack, ActiveSupport and ActionMailer. P. Apart from standard packages, developers can make plugins to extend existing packages.

Other useful resources to help you get started include the RoR wiki – http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/ and
Rails101 Introductions – http://conceptspace.wikidot.com/rails101:introduction
GitHub – http://github.com/rails/rails

Tags: Programming, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Website, XML

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