I was curious on how fast is it to do a web application with Ruby on
Rails. They say it is really fast compared to creating a Java web
application.
After some searching over the net, I found Locomotive. Locomotive
is a pre-packaged application which bundles all the requirements of a
Rails web application. It aims to get you started with Ruby on Rails
minus the headache. It is self-contained. It can even run with the
other ruby installations. Too bad it only runs on a Mac. I didn’t wait
any longer and installed it in my machine. Installation is a breeze.
Just click and drag it to the applications directory. The interface to
control running instances of rails apps is straightforward.
It took me maybe less than an hour to create my first Rails
application. Hmmm…I don’t even have background with Rails! I was amazed
how fast it can be done. Actually, I was stuck because my crappy text
editor couldn’t save the proper filename. Dang! It could just have been
a few minutes. Haha! The sample is not just the simple Hello World
thingy but it has some database stuff wherein the users are able to do
the usual
CRUD
routine from the web browser. Rails is very interesting. I think I’ll use this thing for some of my web pet projects.
Posted
02-23-2007 2:34 PM
by
javazealot