From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2008-11-28T11:16:35+09:00
Subject: Re: eRuby/erb outside of Rails


On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Jonny Noog wrote:

> 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/.

It definitely depends on your hosting environment.  On Joyent, it's as  
simple as having:

$ cat web/public/.htaccess
Action eruby-script /cgi-bin/eruby
AddHandler eruby-script .rhtml

And then and file with an .rhtml extension will be run through eruby.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn		http://agileconsultingllc.com
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