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The document discusses Ruby on Rails and whether choosing it is a simple decision. It provides an overview of Ruby on Rails, including that it is a web application framework created by David Heinemeier Hansson in 2004. It also discusses that Ruby on Rails follows conventions like MVC architecture and the DRY principle, and that it aims to enable rapid development through features like scaffolding. The document suggests Ruby on Rails is productive, fun and can be easily learned through tutorials like InstantRails.

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878 views

Ruby On Rails Power Point

The document discusses Ruby on Rails and whether choosing it is a simple decision. It provides an overview of Ruby on Rails, including that it is a web application framework created by David Heinemeier Hansson in 2004. It also discusses that Ruby on Rails follows conventions like MVC architecture and the DRY principle, and that it aims to enable rapid development through features like scaffolding. The document suggests Ruby on Rails is productive, fun and can be easily learned through tutorials like InstantRails.

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Ruby on Rails

A Simple Decision?

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Why Research?

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Why Ruby on Rails?

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How?

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Yet another tool!

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What is Ruby on Rails?

Web Application Development


Framework
David Heinemeier Hansson (37
Signals)
Released 2004
Windows, Macintosh, Linux
All common databases

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What is Ruby?
Programming language
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
Released mid 1990’s
Object Oriented
Interpretive
Dynamic
Open Source

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Ruby’s rise

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Ruby Code
array = [1, 'hi', 3.14]
array.each { |item| puts item }
# => 1
# => 'hi'
# => 3.14
Everything is an object!
2.445.floor
# 2
3.123.ceil
# 4

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Rails Philosophy

Model-View-Controller
Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY)
Convention over Configuration
Open Source
Aim for 80% - Keep it Simple

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Scaffolding

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Agile
Focus on:

People
Working software
Customer
Flexibility

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Rails is used for …

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Practical: InstantRails

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Rails is …

Simple
Productive
Fun

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Questions?

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