From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-03-25T07:05:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby?

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Gib Let <kineas.lontor@gmail.com> wrote:
> But what type of things would you use Ruby for within a website? And
>  would you use HTML for example, to create the structure, or is it all
>  done in Ruby?

Well, it really depends on what your website is intended to do and
what Ruby technology/framework you choose.

For example, in something like Rails the site structure emerges from
the Ruby (controller) classes and the content of the pages would be
built from HTML with embedded Ruby expressions.  (Of course, I have
glossed over a lot with this simplistic description.)  So, for the
sake of argument, say your website tracks cars and their drivers and
you are using something Rails-like.

You could create the following Ruby controller classes: CarsController
and DriversController
  In CarsController, define methods like new and list
    Then you could have URLs like
      /cars/list
      /cars/new
    Each method could have a corresponding HTML snippet (new.rhtml and
list.rhtml)
      list.rhtml may look like:
        <% cars.each do |car| %>
          <li><%= car.vin %></li>
        <% end %>

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