Rails was launched in 2004 as an open source web framework. As of February, 2015, more than 75,000 sites were using RoR. Rails adheres to the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern. Ruby on Rails maps Ruby files to a table in a data source, which serves as the version for the application. Rails makes it very easy for users to auto-generate model, view, controller, and test routes. This out-of-the-box functionality is a massive contributor to the allure of Rails.
Rails has actually ended up being a prominent framework largely since developers could automate lots of tasks. The magic of Rails is that it sets up paths for you. Routes are the backbone that strings the MVC together. Rails individuals do not should know regular expressions to define options as they perform in Django. A beginner may favor Rails’ tendency to place convention over arrangement. Some users may consider this useful while others may feel left at night. Thanks partially to the sheer dimension of the Rails community practically any kind of concern a novice could have has been responded to on among numerous online forums throughout the web.
Sinatra
Sinatra is a domain specific language for developing web applications in Ruby with minimal initiative and fast pace. Sinatra is collection, and not an actual framework, yet there are those that will certainly suggest or consider it as a framework, and due to the immense appeal.
Sinatra enables you to structure your application to fit the issue you’re trying to resolve instead of the other way around. It will just do a collection of functions that its meant to perform, each class does what it needs to do, and provides the control back to you. Damn, that rhymed great.
You’ll ultimately discover that numerous of the frameworks I’m about to discuss have been ‘inspired’ and ‘improved top’ of Sinatra.
Ramaze
Ramaze is a quite simple and straight-forward web-framework. The viewpoint of maybe revealed in a mix of KISS and POLS, aiming to make straightforward points straightforward and complex things feasible. It’s constructed to follow the MVC pattern, though it’s possible to ‘release’ everything outward a solitary script.
It’s also one of those web structures that has actually handled to stick around for a long period of time, and then has built an excellent sized community behind it, always there to help and support. It supports all significant templating systems, and its greatly concentrated on modular design.
Padrino
Padrino is a full-stack ruby framework built upon the Sinatra web collection. Right here we see the inception of Sinatra, and how it can be made use of to build actual web structures.
The best goal of Padrino is to prolong the functionality of Sinatra, to make sure that those developers who’re starting to miss out on bigger structures can come back a few of that essence, and build much more complex applications at the same time.
NYNY
NYNY is simple, it has all the core stuff to obtain running, however nothing else. Your app is the framework. However, it’s minor to prolong NYNY by means of its extension interface. Each NYNY app is a Rack middleware, so it can be utilized within Sinatra, Rails, or any other Rack-based app.
It utilizes the very same user interface for extensions as Sinatra does, yet it is not ensured that all of the Sinatra expansions are visiting be working with New York, New York. (NYNY) But, any kind of expansions built specifically for NYNY, will never ever have problems with working with Sinatra.
Nancy
This is also the perfect possibility to see how humbling the Ruby community is, “Sinatra’s little daughter”. Nancy is extremely quickly, being based Cuba and Sinatra. It has got the exact same route capability that Sinatra has. You can ‘use’ to consist of Middleware. Enables installing shelf applications with ‘map’.
Grape
It’s a REST-like API micro-framework built to go well with regularing web application structures by giving a basic DSL to easily provide APIs. It was built to change the API performance of bigger frameworks like Rails, and Sinatra– since they merely end up obtaining caught up between their own framework.
Also referred to as Generalized Rapid API Erector. It was developed to relieve the development of API’s, and it merely works. Its Grape.
Cuba
Cuba is a microframework for web development originally influenced by Rum, a tiny yet powerful mapper for Rack applications. It’s rather classy, and has support for clean code that can be used to run tests. The approach of Cuba is to build web applications with as small amount of data as feasible, while keeping everything international.
Its an excellent little framework for building real-time applications, landing web pages or even eCommerce applications. You can watch a little slideshow here.
Camping
Camping is a MVC web framework which is just 4kb in size, and its developed so it remains around the very same range. Its so small, it asks to doubt what it can do, right? The concept here is to store a full recently established web application in a single file like lots of small CGIs. Yet to arrange it as a Model-View-Controller application like Rails does. You can then easily move it to Rails once you’ve got it going.
It hasn’t been upgraded in the last few months, mostly because it went from being created and maintained by a single person, everybody could commit an upgrade or a spot, and the writer will certainly consider it for authorization.