Ruby On Rails Development Philosophies

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Since the launch of web 2.0, independent software vendors (ISVs) were overwhelmed with numerous development options, ideas, thoughts regarding the future of their projects and its performance. Businesses are having hard time in choosing the right web development technology. They often face a common question i.e. which web development framework would be cost effective and beneficial for the companies, is it PHP, CakePHP, Java, Ruby, Adobe Flex of something else.

The fact is, there are a number of web app development technologies in the industry and each technology has its own strengths and weaknesses. Every development platform has its own area of expertise. Hence, the preference of the development technology largely depends on the type of development work involved. Businesses should choose the one that better meets the project requirements.

Today, Ruby on Rails or simply Rails development is one of the most preferred development platforms by businesses as well as individuals. Since, everyone today is opting for ROR development, it would be worth to mention some of the convenient philosophies of its development ...
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ROR is a simple yet powerful open source web app development platform. Ruby on Rails has entered the enterprise market because of its evident benefits to the Ruby programmers. Some of the most noticeable advantages includes; fewer coding, integrated testing abilities, implementation of Model View Controller architecture, rapid and database driven web application development. Rails framework also follows the most convenient development philosophies that facilitate Ruby programmers with rapid app development thereby increasing the productivity of the project.

One of the best things about Rails framework is that it has its own development philosophies, which was first introduced by David Heinemeier Hansson in July 2004 as an open source framework. Ruby on Rails emphasizes on two primary development philosophies.

1. CoC (Convention over Configuration): According to this development philosophy, majority of configuration data can be excluded by implementing practical conventions. These conventions on the other hand can also be overridden with the configuration when required.

2. DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself): According to this development philosophy, each element of any web app is specifically located and there would be no need of repeating it over and over across different files. For example, if a developer uses the ActiveRecord module of Rails, they don’t have to specify the database column names on class definitions, it can be retrieved from the database based on the class name.

3. Quick Turn-Around Time: If a developer provides an integrated web server and an integrated language, the results can be seen straightaway. This greatly reduces the amount of debugging work.

These Ruby rails development philosophies have facilitated many web 2.0 development companies. These are the core philosophies of some of the most popular and successful companies like Twitter, GitHub, Yellowpages, CrunchBase and many more.

Like any other Web app framework, Ruby rails development has its pros and cons. If the companies are looking for a rapid web application development framework, then they should consider Rails development framework for their web app development venture. The philosophies mentioned above significantly simplify the development work hence, allowing programmers to focus on the creative aspects of the applications.

Jay Dee works for an ROR Development company, which is a part of Andolasoft. Many of his articles showcases the contribution outsourcing has brought into the arena of Ruby on rails development, iphone application development, cakePHP Development and Android application development. For more Information please visit www.andolasoft.com

Andolasoft is a California, USA based software & web development firm, operating at the forefront of technology from the last 12+ years. Since our incorporation in the year 2009, we focus on IT consulting by services using various technologies like JavaScript Frameworks, NodeJS, ReactJS, AngularJS, Ruby on Rails, CakePHP, PHP based CMS like WordPress, Magento along with mobile application development services for Android, iOS and hybrid platforms.