Benefits of Choosing Ruby on Rails over other development frameworks

Over the years, numerous web application frameworks have come into existence. Developers now have multiple options when it comes to choosing the right web app development framework, which would meet their skills and needs. Ruby on Rails on the other hand, is a popular framework among several others. It is because of its benefits that make it popular among the developers.

Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework for Ruby programming language. Ruby was one of the first object oriented programming language which was developed by Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto in the mid 1990s. It allows web developers to create different pages and applications and it includes a routing system, very different from that of the web server.

Like most of the other web frameworks, Rails uses the MVC pattern or the Model-View-Controller architecture. This is used to organize application programming. This framework provides tools which enables developers to execute web development tasks easily, one of which is scaffolding. This particular tool automatically creates certain models and views to construct a website. All these tools are used for an easier and efficient web development. It also comes with another useful Ruby web server i.e. the WEBrick server.

In terms of framework structure, Ruby on Rails is separated into different packages like ActiveRecord (an object-relational mapping system for database access), ActiveResource, ActionPack, ActiveSupport and ActionMailer. Ruby on Rails is highly preferred by many web developers for the simple reasons i.e. RoR is cost effective. Ruby on Rails is a free development tool which runs on a free operating system with various databases and web servers. It facilitates the web developers to avoid costs when it comes to storing data in databases. Therefore it brings significant reduction in the cost without compromising speed, over-all quality and security. With Ruby on Rails, developers can have faster turnaround and web development. Developers can now easily model their website features. This is useful especially for those who are in the process of implementing new features or functionalities. Apart from the technical aspects; Ruby on Rails also has a responsive and highly active developer’s community. The Ruby development community is extremely active and responsive. There are numerous developers around the world, who are constantly developing updates for better sync with other APIs and plug-in. So the developers have a much larger and more diverse group of professionals to learn from.

Hence the customer seeking for RoR applications are also benefitted. Those who intend to use RoR can easily get the necessary information and details enabling them to expand the use of full potential of this tool. Users of RoR provide updated information which other people can also use. Today most of the websites are becoming more creative and dynamic, so it is important to use a platform that can help web developers build such websites. Some of the famous websites that use ROR are SoundCloud, Groupon, Hulu, Twitter, YellowPages, Shopify etc.

A Ruby developer implements convenient philosophies and design like CoC (Convention over Configuration) and DRY (don’t repeat yourself). It facilitates them to write fewer codes hence reduce repetition.

 

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