From: Asenchi Date: 2006-06-07T22:51:27+09:00 Subject: Re: web development w/ ruby minus rails On 6/7/06, Mat Schaffer wrote: > On Jun 7, 2006, at 12:30 AM, rahul benegal wrote: > > cameron.matheson wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> 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 too am unable to find any documentation or help for building wep > > apps > > (*outside* of rails). I am confused between mod_ruby, cgi, fcgi, > > ruby-web, ruby-fcgi etc. Is there a simple tutorial? > > > > I did get a simple cgi program to run off apache (unmodified), but > > when > > i added "require 'cgi' it threw a 500 internal error. I have installed > > rails, but first wish to do some *non-db* stuff outside of it. Just > > apache or lighttpd. > > I've come up against the lack of tutorials for such a thing as well. > But recently I've made good progress getting mod_ruby and eRuby > working together to produce a lightweight web environment much like > PHP (where I came to Ruby from). Althought I understand mod_ruby > has some speed issues. > However, get, post, and cookies are still a bit of a headache. I'm > hoping to make some progress on that shortly. > -Mat I've used Rails so much, that now I just install Rails, and use it without a database. I really like the whole environment and since I am used to it (testing, webrick while designing, etc.) it works really well. Just a suggestion. Good luck. -- "The state is blanketed in clear skies" Huh?