Ruby on Rails – preparing for an enterprise invasion
Ruby on Rails – preparing for an enterprise invasion
What caught our attention is a sharp increase in production applications that are being written using Ruby on Rails with Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) style development routines. Rails is a full-stack, open-source Web application framework built using the Ruby programming language. A list of the indications of Rails’ momentum includes:
- Rails has been downloaded 933,972 times to date with some 700,000 downloads in the last year alone.
- Ruby on Rails will ship with the next version of Apple’s OS X operating system (Leopard).
- An increase in the number of noteworthy applications and high traffic Web sites appearing that have Rails as a foundation; these include such sites as Backpack, Twitter, Jobster and Revolution Health.
