Why go for Ruby on Rails

Ruby is relatively a simple language and a small set of rules cover the entire language. Its advantages can be understood from the programmers who feel that with basic knowledge of programming this language can be mastered in very less time. The language Ruby consists of an unchangeable small core i.e. the syntax and arbitrary extensible class libraries.

A developer of Ruby on Rails framework has the following advantages

• Lesser lines of code compared to .Net/PHP/J2EE


• Availability of Gems and Plug-ins
  In built plug ins and Gems for quickly building web application features
  Large repository of free plug-ins available online.
  A huge community of developers contributing to enriched web application development.


• “Convention over Configuration” principle
  No need to create complex configuration files
  Rails has its conventions that take care of mapping


• ”Do not Repeat Yourself (DRY)” concept Unnecessary repetition of work does not occur as every element of the web application has its specific place
  Once an object is created, there is no need to describe it


• Easy to customize and debug
  No time wasted on figuring out conventions a developer would have followed. It is standard.


• Supports Test Driven Development (TDD) to ensure written code is covered by test


• The presence of an integrated web server and an interpreted language makes sure that the result of the code modification is seen immediately thereby minimizing code debug cycle

• Easy to Maintain
  ROR allows the application code to be well structured. The standards are uniform irrespective of the developer. Thus the learning curve is smaller. As well, the applications are easy to debug.


• Quick Development
  Due to its simplicity, the ROR framework is able to provide value quickly to its customers and developers. The customers can track the application development and functionalities in shorter milestones allowing quicker course corrections and timely change requests.


• Rich UI
  The ROR framework is rich in User Interface plug-ins and libraries enabling customers to get highly personalized information.


• Affordability
  ROR is an open source framework. In addition, most of the other open source development components can be used. This brings down the development and maintenance cost considerably.


• Scalability
  Scalable applications can be created. This helps the businesses grow as the need of the application increases.

The greatest business advantage associated with ROR is that one can quickly develop high-quality applications using proven best practices. Many long-standing problems common in other web application frameworks are not present in ROR. Overall ROR provides a good all-around solution for business applications meeting all the key expectations.

There are two basic principles that govern the way that Ruby on Rails works. The first is often referred to as DRY, or Don’t Repeat Yourself. The idea is to keep the language as simplistic as possible, so the code remains simple as well. This means that the person writing the programming does not have to specify column names in class definitions. Ruby on Rails will simply pull the information from the database source.

TThe second principle is COC or Convention over Configuration. A programmer can rely on. For instance, if there is a class that is named “date” in the model, then the related table in the database source will automatically be named “date.” Effectively, this means that the programmer only has to take the time to name tables if he or she wishes to assign a different name to the table. Use of this logical solution can result in speeding up the process of writing the code and getting the web pages ready to go.