I am an extreme beginer to ruby on rails, but not to PHP, Java ..... etc and
other OO-like languages. So I have a good understanding of the principles,
just new to Ruby.
I have two simple questions here:
1.) I get that Ruby is the language but what is the "Rails" part about?
2.) I get the Ruby Gems is the package manager but package manager for what?
Language Extensions?
-Thanks
1. rails is a framework, ie a library, code that someone wrote in ruby.
A rails application is going to be a mix of ruby code to program what
is going on on the server
side and and rails framework set up
I am an extreme beginer to ruby on rails, but not to PHP, Java ..... etc and
other OO-like languages. So I have a good understanding of the principles,
just new to Ruby.I have two simple questions here:
1.) I get that Ruby is the language but what is the "Rails" part about?
(somebody had to do it.)
On 3/26/06, Ryan and Kate Huff <ryanandkate@wcoil.com> wrote:
2.) I get the Ruby Gems is the package manager but package manager for what?
Language Extensions?-Thanks
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".
Just to quibble over framework vs. library. In general you call out to library code, whereas a framework tends to call your code.
On Mar 26, 2006, at 11:08 AM, anne001 wrote:
1. rails is a framework, ie a library, code that someone wrote in ruby.