From: Jonny Noog Date: 2008-11-28T09:10:07+09:00 Subject: eRuby/erb outside of Rails Hello, I am currently working on planning for the redevelopment of a website. This website will be mainly static, the only dynamic functionality that I am envisioning is some server-side includes to make maintenance easier, perhaps a form or two that sends an email etc. No database backend at this stage. I could very easily use straight up PHP to give me this kind of basic functionality, but I prefer Ruby and in this case, I think Rails might be a bit heavy for what I am looking at. So I'm thinking about eRuby/erb. I have read about mod_ruby and mod_rails. Some sources seem to suggest that mod_ruby "has never really worked properly", while others seem to suggest otherwise. I have not been able to ascertain whether mod_rails would allow the use of eRuby/erb without Rails to go with it. So my questions are: Does anyone have any experience with a set up that allows embedded Ruby to be interpreted and served performantly and reliably in (X)HTML pages (say under the .rhtml extension) in much the same way that mod_php does with .php files (I gather this is what mod_ruby is meant to do, but I have read many mixed reviews)? And does mod_rails/mod_rack hold any promise in this regard? Ideally a solution that would allow embedding and serving of .rhtml files outside of a Rails app but also allow the deployment of a full Rails app, say in a sub-domain or something would be awesome, but I'm happy to take it one step at a time. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.