Wednesday 30 January 2013

Ruby on Rails Story of its Rapid Popularity & Growth


Ruby on Rails has become one of the most discussed and utilized platforms in the development world and with a myriad of programming languages such as C, C++, Java and FORTRAN many are wondering looking at this sudden surge in popularity for this platform. 

There has always been a cult following for the platform since it was developed by a small time developer in Japan during the 90’s but right now the attention it has gotten has actually surprised the already existing Ruby on Rails developers. The limited number of ROR programmers who have been developing their applications using the platform have been sharing their experiences on how simple it has become to develop web based applications using the ROR platform.

But this sudden attention for the Ruby language has aroused solely because of integrating the Rails platform along with it by a company which had done it for developing its projects and this language took a huge turn as each and every ROR developer started understanding the nuances used by this company. The dynamic nature of the Ruby Language had a great impact on the development process of a project employed by a Ruby on Rails programmer when integrated with the Rails framework. Rails developers emphasize that the Rails features are more than sufficient for versatile development rather than any other tools which are available, and this aspect is adopted for the Web architecture too.

Typically if a computer program has to be developed the process has to be started from the scratch and this process involves the developer to deploy all his / her skills and techniques in such a way that the development is done efficiently. Whereas Rails is considered the developer can rely basically on the conventions of the platform rather than relying on the tools to tweak the configuration which might take up much time and tasks of the programmers. This reduces the number of lines of code which is required to be written whilst using any other technology and the lines of code which need to be written is also simplified in a straightforward way. 

The ROR programmers are given with options which are very essential for the development of the project and they need to concentrate mainly on that aspect along reliving ­other mundane information which might waste the time which can be used for the development of the project. This time which is saved by using the ROR platform can be utilized in concentrating more on the requirements of the clients / users. Unless the project being developed satisfies the basic requirements it has to the need for the development of the project does not get fulfilled and it will not be considered as a completed project. These are some of the characteristics of the ROR platform which make it one of the simplest to be utilized by the developers of today.

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