From: Nilesh Trivedi <nilesh.tr@...>
Date: 2009-08-28T16:52:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Possible to use Ruby for Dynamic HTML sites without Rail

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:25 AM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jack Davis 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 can start with ruby's cgi module. If you need to store stuff in a
> database, you can do that too, using for instanced the mysql gem.   If
> instead, you want to use a complex, bloated framework that will cause
> you to pull your hair out and require reading long books on how to use
> it, then try some of the other suggestions.
>
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>

Would something like Sinatra be qualified as a framework? It stays out
of the way without imposing many constraints like frameworks do.

cheers
nilesh