From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) Date: 2004-04-22T03:54:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Is Ruby is better than PHP ... In article , Useko Netsumi wrote: >It is very unfortunate that this nice young language does not consider the >web development in mind. Well, you know how it is with these young languages. They're just too carefree to consider the serious stuff. They just want to have fun ;-) Seriously, there is a lot of web development work being done in ruby and some very nice frameworks have been and are being developed. >I even think that if and only if Ruby creator ever >think this thru by including web design in mind, Ruby can easily gain its >popularity against PHP and Java because of its ease of use features, its >consistency, its OO paradigm, and many. > >Is there any work being done to cater specifically for web development? I'm not an expert in Web development by any stretch, but here are a few pointers: cgikit http://www.spice-of-life.net/cgikit/index_en.html CGIKit is a web application framework like Apple Computer's WebObjects. This framework services Model-View-Controller architecture programming by component based on a HTML file, a definition file and a Ruby source. arrow http://rubycrafters.com/projects/Arrow/ Arrow is a framework for building web applications using Apache and mod_ruby. borges http://borges.rubyforge.org Borges is a modal web application framework that keeps track of state, so you can go back and undo or redo operations. rails http://www.rubyonrails.org/show/HomePage Rails is a soon-to-be-released web-application framework for Ruby. It’s built upon well-understood patterns which should make the seasoned web developer feel right at home and the new comer welcome. Full-stack framework: Model, View, and Control Rails is a composition of three sub-projects that make up the Model, View, and Control tiers. This means that most web applications shouldn’t need to assemble anything else to get off the ground. ....there are more like Amrita, but this should be enough to get you started. Phil