From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T04:28:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple and stable web server? Is there any?


On Apr 1, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Alexey Petrushin wrote:
> Can you please advice a simple and stable web server in ruby?
> Requirements:
> -simplicity
> -session management
>
>
> In short i should implement an application with pure object database  
> and
> desktop app like GUI (i.e. ideally i should never work explicitly with
> http and html and all this web stuff).
>
> So, i don't need all these ActiveRecords, MVC, Actions and Controllers
> and any 'Magic'.
> Just simple and ready to usage webserver (with sessions)
>
> Is there any suitable?
>
> Thanks! :)
>
> Candidates:
> WEBRick - no session support
> Mongrel - no session support
> CGI - too old slow and complex and dinozauric
>
> Maveric - bugs (session doesn't work)
> RoR, Camping - too many magic and external stuff like ActiveRecords.
>
> Right now it looks like there are nothing really usable (i mean well
> documented and stable) for web dev in ruby world except RoR and MVC
> model.
>
> Hope, i miss something, and ruby is not only about RoR and MVC :)
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>


	Allow me to recommend you just use Rack. It will allow you to run on  
any available ruby web server platform and has built in sessions and  
params parsing.

sudo gem install rack


Cheers-

- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
-- Founder & Software Architect
-- ezra@engineyard.com
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