| A content management system provides the | | | | using Rails. |
| foundation for an easy to maintain a website. A key | | | | 2. With Ruby on Rails work is done faster otherwise |
| factor in deciding which CMS to use should be the | | | | before web applications which were using languages |
| customization factor. When I say customization factor, | | | | such as PHP, Java, ASP, could take ages to complete |
| I mean the how difficult it is to develop custom | | | | and in the end you may just have a large stack of |
| functionality particular to your project. Some CMS | | | | unmentionable codes. |
| systems make this easy while others present more of | | | | 3. Rails provide fast and easy development with quality |
| a challenge. | | | | results. |
| A minor phenomenon has swept the Web world in the | | | | 4. With Ruby programming language you need to write |
| last few years. Like many things in the realm of | | | | few lines of code in comparison to other programming |
| software, it was over hyped. I'm talking about the | | | | language to reach the same result. |
| open-source Web development framework called | | | | 5. The Ruby on rails framework software also |
| Ruby on Rails. The RoR market is more than ready | | | | supports MySQL, SQL, SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle. |
| for anything that gives them visibility into their | | | | 6. ROR CMS provides very flexible solutions, final |
| applications, whether that is on the developer's desktop | | | | output depends on user choice no pre-format is |
| or the running production application. | | | | mandatory, image cropping, resizing, multi-language |
| Ruby on Rails, also known as RoR, is an open source | | | | support, excellent usability, sort able tree-based admin |
| web programming application framework meant for | | | | interface, layout editor, scaffold template is created. |
| faster web applications. The Ruby programming is a | | | | 7. Rails applications are Tailor made to perfection for |
| free program and is constantly improved by Ruby on | | | | an individual or an enterprise and best fit for all kind of |
| Rails Programmers to make it more better and user | | | | web application. Rails architecture is used and most |
| friendly. Ruby on Rails development comes with | | | | preferred for development of cms, e-commerce, |
| features such as Model View Controller architecture | | | | portals, collaboration, and community. |
| that separates data from logic i.e. presentation layer | | | | The new performance management and profiling tools |
| and helps in organizing application program. RoR | | | | are important additions to the RoR development |
| database access library simplifies data handling. Rails | | | | community as RoR moves from being a hobbyist |
| framework has an extensive AJAX library which it | | | | development language to a bona fide enterprise |
| uses to generate AJAX code and the required Java | | | | development framework. Most of our attention now is |
| script is automatically generated. | | | | moving over to the general rails environment and |
| Benefits of Ruby on Rails include: | | | | ecosystem creating tools and environments for |
| 1. Rails works well with various web servers and | | | | development and production so that people can work |
| databases as it is really easy to deploy web solutions | | | | better with and on their rails applications. |