Friday, May 4, 2007

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is a web application framework, extracted by David Heinemeier Hansson from his work on Basecamp, a project-management tool by the web-design company 37signals. It was first released to the public in July 2004. The fundamental Ruby on Rails principles include Don't repeat yourself (DRY) and Convention over Configuration.

Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, object-oriented programming language. The language was created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, and released to the public in 1995.

David Heinemeier Hansson

Two great personalities side by side:
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto (left), David Heinemeier Hansson (right)

For resources on Ruby and Ruby on Rails visit:
  • www.ruby-lang.org
  • www.rubyonrails.org

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