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Programming In Ruby on Rail
Ruby on Rails is a powerful, open-source, full-stack framework for
developing database intensive web applications according to the
Model-View-Control pattern.
This architecture separates an application's data model, user
interface, and control logic into three distinct components so that
modifications to one component can be made with minimal impact to
the others.
Advantages of using Ruby on Rails As a business owner, Ruby on Rails
offers you two important benefits which are:
Improved Productivity
Ruby is a simple, light weight and effective framework for
development of web based applications that need to “talk” to a
database. It hides a lot of complexity of internal implementation
and frees up time for the developer to focus on the business logic
and its implementation.
Cost Savings
Since the developer can deliver more in the amount of time that he
works, the number of hours required to do a particular job is
dramatically reduced and hence adopting Ruby on Rails saves you a
lot of money.
Why is Ruby on Rails so effective? It’s Based on Ruby
Ruby on Rails is really an extension of Ruby programming language.
Ruby is a very powerful and feature rich programming language.
Implements MVC Framework
Rail is actually a Model-View-Controller framework for Ruby. This
separates The GUI, The Business Logic and The Data in three distinct
and separated tiers.
Reflection and Discovery
Rails use intelligent reflection and discovery to automatically map
relational database tables to Ruby objects. Thus, the application
code and the running database already contain everything Rails needs
to know.
Less Coding
Rails require lesser amount of code to implement the business logic.
A lot of lower level details are actually hidden and is handled
automatically. Since, the amount of written code is less, the time
required to test the application is also less.
Automated Operations
Rails can automatically generate CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update and
Delete) code for the applications. Thus, you can incrementally
update the database and views to meet the changing business
requirements.
Simplified Testing
In Rails all new controllers, models, and scaffolding also creates
corresponding unit test skeletons. Apart from that the strict MVC
architecture tends to naturally result in testable actions and
components. Rails also include a Rake (Ruby Make) script that will
automatically run all unit tests.
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