Ruby on Rails Web Application Development by Shefali Dhamija

Ruby on Rails, often referred to as RoR, is an Open Source web framework which is gaining popularity day-by-day due to its ability to support rapid application development. For its support to agile development techniques and suitability for short, client-driven projects, it is often utilized by web developers. It helps in the development of professional websites and web applications that are quickly built and easy to maintain.

Ruby on Rails, or ‘Rails’ for short was originally conceived out of Basecamp (a project management tool) by David Heinemeier Hansson and was released as an Open source in July 2004. Ruby on Rails development has features such as Model View Controller architecture that separates data from logic i.e., presentation layer, and helps in organizing the application program. Rails framework has an extensive AJAX library, which it uses to generate AJAX code and the required Java script is automatically generated.

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