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An Overview On Ruby On Rails Development

The good old days of web 2.0 are gone with the advent of ruby on rails development. Now it’s the era of web 3.0 where users can get a drastic change in the look-and-feel of web apps and even in the whole Internet presence.

Talk about any popular website like Twitter, BaseCamp, or Yellow pages- all have one thing in common, they all are developed in latest Ruby on rails technology. RoR offers an interesting framework which facilitates website development in much faster and simpler way. Another popular site developed in Rails technology is Flicker. With this database driven web application, users can even share photos on web.

Besides this, many other popular apps are also built using the robust platform of RoR. If you take a closer look, the open source content management systems like WordPress and the very recent RailFrog, developed in Rails technology are getting instant popularity in blogging circle due to its flexibility and robustness features.

Ruby on rails development is based on MVC architecture which not only separates data from logic but also offers

additional utilities like product specific import/export, customizable message for conventional rules and traceability option to track down any major changes.
DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) and CoC (Convention over Configuration) are the two primary philosophies behind the flexibility of RoR framework. In addition, the agile development methodology of rails technology facilitates faster application development. Web applications which take months on other platforms can be developed within a few days on Ruby on rails technology.

Some benefits of Ruby on rails development:
● Faster application development
● Dynamic web applications
● Hundreds of plug-in features
● Multiple programming paradigms
● Easier query build up

Ruby on rails development offers another interesting option. Websites that are developed in old technology can be migrated into the latest web 3.0 format using RoR technology. This is just the beginning; a whole lot of exciting features of rails technology is yet to be unleashed.

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