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/).