Newbie: Web app development

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Hi!
I am completely new to this whole affair (programming in general) and
was wondering whether Ruby (or Rails) is good to develop a web
application which interfaces with APIs?
Sorry if its a silly question but I am completely new to this!
Thanks!

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Ruby is a programming language: you can program anything with it.
Rails is a web framework written in Ruby: you develop web applications
on top of it, in Ruby

There are also other web frameworks that are very nice, like Sinatra,
which could be great to start learning to program web applications.

Jesus.

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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Carlos A. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

Hi!
I am completely new to this whole affair (programming in general) and
was wondering whether Ruby (or Rails) is good to develop a web
application which interfaces with APIs?
Sorry if its a silly question but I am completely new to this!

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Quoting Carlos A. (lists@ruby-forum.com):

I am completely new to this whole affair (programming in general) and
was wondering whether Ruby (or Rails) is good to develop a web
application which interfaces with APIs?

Abut this latest part (about the APIs), it really depends on the
API. If there exists already a wrapper, or a native Ruby lib (and
there are many) that speaks the language of your API, then you could
be home almost free. If the API is only available in another language,
things may be more difficult. Specifically, if the API exists only in
C, there are very good ways to interface Ruby and C, but you will
probably have to become reasonably proficient in both languages.

Carlo

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Subject: Newbie: Web app development
  Date: Fri 11 Jan 13 12:16:42AM +0900

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I definitely second Sinatra, it'll get you started without doing "too
much" for you, helping you understand what's going on. I may be a
purist, but I think you should first learn how to do things "the hard
way" instead of using a framework that does a lot of the work for you
(Rails, ASP.NET, etc.). I also recommend for your sake and the sake of
others that you explore the security issues surrounding web application
development. Don't become one more developer of vulnerable web apps!

Sinatra: http://www.sinatrarb.com/
OWASP Top 10 (Security):
OWASP Top Ten | OWASP Foundation

Definitely start with learning everything you can about your chosen
language (Ruby or otherwise). Pick up a good book, start with basic
programming, and then work your way towards web programming.

Best of luck,
Ryan Victory

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On 1/10/13 9:26 AM, Jesús Gabriel y Galán wrote:

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Carlos A. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

Hi!
I am completely new to this whole affair (programming in general) and
was wondering whether Ruby (or Rails) is good to develop a web
application which interfaces with APIs?
Sorry if its a silly question but I am completely new to this!

Ruby is a programming language: you can program anything with it.
Rails is a web framework written in Ruby: you develop web applications
on top of it, in Ruby

There are also other web frameworks that are very nice, like Sinatra,
which could be great to start learning to program web applications.

Jesus.