From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-10-05T13:24:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple ruby web server


On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Filipe wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a simple webserver that could handle basic requests
> (mostly from a localhost) outputing html files. It should also be able
> to get the input from forms. Rails seems too powerful to perform such
> a simple class.
>
> Sorry if this sounds confusing. I'm a newcomer to the ruby language.
>
>
Rails isn't a web server.
Apache is a web server.
Rails is (like any web framework) a glorified CGI program.
There is Merb, and Camping, and Ruby does have a CGI class...