From: Tim Hammerquist <penryu@...>
Date: 2005-11-19T19:27:22+09:00
Subject: Re: web development w/ ruby

Cam <cameron.matheson@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to make some simple web-pages at work for internal use
> (changing svn password, modifying postfix email-aliases, etc).
> I'd like to use ruby for this.  I haven't really done anything
> w/ web-development in many years, and back then i was using
> php.  I know that ruby on rails is the hottest thing ever
> right now, but it doesn't seem like i should need
> database-centric stuff like that for the simple web-apps
> i need to develop.  I found mod-ruby and have set it up, but
> i'm not sure how to best use it now.    Is there any
> documentation avaliable?


> do i just use puts to output html streams, or is that
> streamlined for me somehow?  How do i ask for input, etc.?

Coming from php, you might find eruby nice.  It uses files of
extension .rhtml, and allows you to embed ruby code inside an
html page, a la php or asp.

Combining eruby for the template side, and the CGI module for
additional HTML generation and form processing, should be
a nice, simple solution to providing browser access to system
utilities.

HTH,
Tim Hammerquist