From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2009-08-28T06:52:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Possible to use Ruby for Dynamic HTML sites without Rails?

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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM, James Britt <james.britt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Frank Peterson wrote:
>
>> How easy is this to do? I've been going though a Ruby book again (was
>> going to get into Ruby before but got busy with other stuff awhile back)
>> and they don't really cover using Ruby online, its just a foundation
>> book. Most books I've seen focus on Rails for online development, but
>> I'd like to learn rails good enough for web use and then maybe move into
>> Rails after I'm confortable with that.
>>
>
>
> You have many good choices for doing Web development with Ruby.  Check out
> Ramaze, Rack, Merb, Sinatra,  Swiftcore, Camping, Vintage, ...
>
> In fact, look at the list here:
>
>    http://wiki.ramaze.net/Home#other-frameworks
>
>
> The Ruby Way, 2nd ed., by Hal Fulton, has a section (albeit now somewhat
> dated) on Ruby Web development as well.
>


Sinatra in particular is quite Ruby-ish, more so than Rails, and there is a
clean
separation between the web stuff and your Ruby code. Well worth diving into
Rack when you have got your feet wet.

regards
Richard

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