From: cmdjackryan@...
Date: 2007-01-27T04:16:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Newbie questions

Rae schrieb:
> I have a website created with FrontPage. So I really didn't need to
> learn programming, just how to use that software. I 've alway wanted to
> learn how to create a website. Is Ruby the way to go for a beginner?
> I downloaded the program and have tinkered with it a bit. I understand
> variables and stuff because I can do a little VB6 programming.
> But once you get a web page done with Ruby, how do you publish it
> online? I have to ask this very elementary question because as you
> know, FrontPage has its own publishing feature.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Rae
You have a couple of options with Ruby and webpublishing, the most 
famous being Rails [1]. And of course you can write your own scripts to 
render the HTML presentation (FrontPage creates HTML output) of your 
content, usually stored in a database. These scripts are interpreted by 
the webserver (Apache2 with mod_ruby, for example), so you require a 
hosting plan which offers you Ruby (either for CGI, or as your own 
server, be that a virtual one, or a "real" one).
To get the scripts on the server, you'll need either FTP or SSH access 
to get teh scripts on the server.

To put it into a nutshell: If you don't know how to handle this yet, 
consider toying around on your own computer with Ruby, and getting 
familiar with Ruby and the concepts used when writing web applications.

That being said, check out Rails, and other methods (I'm sure others on 
the list can point you into the right direction for alternatives, and 
give you more proficient advice).

Hope that helps.
-Phill.

Disclaimer: I'm keeping away from writing web applications until my Ruby 
skills are a lot better (fledgeling novice myself)..

[1] http://www.rubyonrails.org/