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Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. It strives for simplicity, allowing real-world applications to be developed in less code than other frameworks and with a minimum of configuration. One of Rails' guiding principles is "Don't Repeat Yourself".

Ruby On Rails has been installed. Members who are trying it for the first time are requested to first research on the subject and then try experimenting

If you have any more questions or doubts then you can put them up here in this topic

Well as usual I have come to help out with tutorials and other bits of info for Ruby on Rails programming.

 

Main Site

 

ROR Wiki

 

Tutorials

 

Site 1

 

Site 2

 

Site 3

 

Site 4

 

That should be enough to make your brain hurt so enjoy this wonderful source of info, and maybe we will get our first Ruby on Rails account .

Edited August 10, 2007 by Saint_Michael (see edit history)

Thanks a lot Michael,I guess all those tutorials you found will help our members, if you have any advice as to what the members should not do while learning this software will also be appreciated.

Hey guys, thank me for requesting it to be installed :PSeriously though, I'll probably take a look at those tuts, because Ruby on Rails is more different than I thought than just using Ruby.

I don't use that. I will take a look at those tutorials and make use out of them. Like, I don't want to read those links now, so what does Ruby on Rails do? Thanks!~

I agree. I don't know what ROR really does or allows you to do... anyone can explain it in an easy way? I see in the site that there are some templates or scripts for e-commerce, weblogs, etc. but what's really new about ROR? :XD:

It helps you make your site quickly. You can get many good tutorials and even video presentations online :-)

Ok, so it's not a language but something that makes programming easier I guess.

I have a quick question. I don't know anything about Ruby or Ruby on Rails. I was wondering what extension do these ruby files have? exe? html? etc.

Hi reconraiders,I do not think that there are extensions on these files. You can research on this doubt of yours by viewing Michael's tutorials :XD:Feel free to update this topic if you have any more doubts

It looks similar to what i've seen in BASH, as if you're running your own terminal or something. Truthfully, i wouldn't be surprised if the filenames—if any—end in ".rb" or ".ror". Either way, some of it looks slightly complicated for me to take the time to learn. Nice thing to have, though.

I have read a few things about ruby on rails, it is supposed to be a faster way of programming for your websites. I saw a video once of a blogging system done in 15 minutes, but that guy had a lot of experience. I would like to try it sometime, and thanks for getting it installed in the hosting, this hosting Rules!!

Hi,

I have a quick question. I don't know anything about Ruby or Ruby on Rails. I was wondering what extension do these ruby files have? exe? html? etc.

The extension of Ruby files is rb. To develop your web application in Ruby on Rails, you have to know MVC (Model-View-Controller). Some people think that Rails is better than others because Rails force developers to design their architecture under MVC pattern. There are the "controllers" folder, the "models" folder, the "views" folder under the "app" folder.

In some programming languages such as JSP, and ASP, you have to set up server site using with other technologies such as TomCat, IIS and Apache. Some users have failed to install them.

In Ruby on Rails, you only need to type "ruby script/server", then the server of your web application runs quickly.

Ruby started from Japan and Rails invented because of the weakness of PHP.
In PHP, some coding are repately used.
For example, connection to DB.
Therefore, there is a strictly rule in Rails which is "DO NOT REPEAT YOURSELF".

If you are interested and would like to know more about RoR, I would like to recommend you to buy this book.
Rails Solutions - Ruby On Rails Made Easy (2007)

You can download this book from the following link.
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/


The source code can be downloaded from this link
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/


This book is amazing and very easy for a non-programming web designer to build a web application in RoR.
The autor explains what MVC is; what Ruby is; what Ruby on Rails is; what involves in Object-oriented programming.
Moreover, the book starts from the history of web programming languages and compares each of them.
I also bought this book and have done one big CMS within 1 month. Isn't it fast?
If you are pretty new with RoR, you do not have to worry about that because I read the book, did tutorials and finished my project within 1 month.
Therefore, the video show creating a blog website within 15 minutes is not strange for me anymore. It could happen if you really use proper IDE.


If you would like to use IDE, you can use the TextMate on Mac OS X and the E-texteditor on Window.
There are so many Ruby on Rails supported IDE used in Eclipse and IntelliJ.
The best IDE editor for Ruby on Rails is TextMate.
The screencasts that you have seen on Ruby on Rails websites have used TextMate.
The tutorials and examples you can see on most websites and forums are also for Mac OS X users.

If you use Window, you can download 30 day trail version of the E-texteditor.
At the beginning, I did not know the different syntax of Mac OS X and Window.
I tried and could not make it work. I got lost several days.
For example, to run the server, you have to type "ruby script/server" in the command mode on Window.
In Mac OS X, you only need to type "script/server". There are many differences.

The reason I recommend the above book is because of that.
In the book, the author explains how to set up Ruby on Rails on Window step by step very clearly and precisely.


Good Luck!
Edited November 21, 2007 by itcom (see edit history)

Looks promising, i've read each reply, but i'm still confused. What exactly is Ruby? Is it like HTML? Or something else?

Language is very simple, but how can I write scripts? I work on Dreamweaver with php, mysql server tehnologi , exists any program for integration Dream with Ruby?