Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails[edit]
Ruby on Rails (often simply called Rails) is a popular web application framework written in the Ruby programming language. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, which emphasizes separation of concerns and promotes code reuse.
History[edit]
Ruby on Rails was developed by David Heinemeier Hansson while working on the Basecamp project at 37signals in 2003. It was released as an open-source framework in 2004 and gained rapid popularity within the developer community due to its elegant and intuitive syntax. Rails has since been used to build numerous successful web applications across various industries.
Features[edit]
Ruby on Rails provides a range of features that make it highly productive for web development:
Convention over Configuration[edit]
Rails favors convention over configuration, which means developers only need to specify unconventional aspects of an application, allowing them to focus on building the core functionality.
ActiveRecord[edit]
Rails comes with ActiveRecord, an object-relational mapping (ORM) library that simplifies database interactions by mapping database tables to Ruby classes and providing an easy-to-use API for querying and manipulating data.