Ajax Design Patterns

A.16. Ruby Ajax Frameworks

A.16.1. Ruby On Rails

Ruby On Rails (http://www.rubyonrails.org/) is a general web framework with strong Ajax support.

  • Rails was still in its early days when Ajax hype began, so Ajax may become increasingly important to the Rails framework.

  • Generates most or all of the JavaScript for widgets and animation in the browser.

  • Supports calling server side.

  • Provides scheduling support.

  • Open source license [MIT or similar (http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/License) by David Heinemeier Hansson and contributors (http://www.loudthinking.com/).

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