In a very short time Ruby on Rails has gained popularity in the enterprise
development community among both programmers and system managers. As an open
source platform, Ruby is proving to offer a number of advantages for powering
enterprise applications, not the least of which is a shorter development time
for robust applications and the creation of denser code that's easy to work
with and maintain. This article is offered as an introduction to Ruby on
Rails for Java developers, offering some basic insight into the evolution of
Ruby and Rails and its expanding role in enterprise application development.
The Ruby Language
Ruby was born as an open source programming language on February 24, 1993 and
was publicly announced to the world in 1995. Ruby's primary author is
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