Project Fedena and Why Ruby on Rails - ArvindArvind G S

Project Fedena and Why Ruby on Rails ARVIND G S CTO Foradian Technologies Pvt Ltd arvind@foradian.com

What is fedena ? •  Fedena is an Open Source school/campus management system •  It is the first Open Source School ERP based on RoR •  It is a web 2.0 application being developed by Foradian Technologies

Evolu:on of Fedena •  Many schools/colleges in India approached foradian to provide them an exact solution for managing their data. •  Foradian’s thought of providing an efficient, user friendly school management system to the universe •  A system that should make the user feel that the real power is in their hands •  Cannot find an exact open source solution for this till date

Start of Project Fedena •  Project Fedena started with two new fresher as developers and a designer for designing the UI of the application •  Developers started learning Ruby language and RoR framework which was an entirely new platform to foradian •  The development got started in parallel with the learning process •  When we were able to generate the desired output, the management team planned to release the system as open source

Why Ruby on Rails •  Foradian’s desire to learn a new language/technology •  Ruby is a powerful scripting language •  Adhered to OOP principles •  Code Maintainability •  DRY principle •  Increased Productivity •  It allows us to work with minimum confusion

Fedena System

Highlights of the System •  Eye Catchy UI Design •  User Friendly •  Easy Navigation •  Any one with basic knowledge in computer and internet can easily operate fedena

Architectural Overview Users HTTP Request Browser Apache/Nginx Web server Forwards Delivers Mail HTML Output Request passenger/mongrel/ dispatcher fast cgi Loads Active Record Action View CRUD Renders Response Renders Passes Controller Data Query Delivers Action Mailer Database mysql Fedena Application (RoR)

Architectural Overview •  Ruby version used - 1.8.6 •  Rails version used – 2.3.5 •  Database used is mysql •  Web Server used is Apache •  Deployment Techniques Used – Passenger/Fast CGI

Gems and Plugins Used •  Prawn – for pdf generation •  Declarative Authorization – To implement authorization mechanism for different users •  Open Flash Chart – For graphical representation of student’s progress report •  Fckeditor – used for adding rich text contents in the news section of the system

Rails Advantages •  Powerful •  Readable •  Convention Over Configuration •  Inbuilt security improvement techniques •  MVC architecture •  DRY principle •  RESTful architecture •  Code Reusability •  Active community ready to help at any time

Rails Disadvantages •  Rails applications are comparitively slow •  Deployment is a bit tougher and the support is less for this •  Increased hosting cost

Project Fedena – Challenges Ahead •  Rails testing to be started •  Choosing the appropriate deployment method •  Cache Mechanism to be implemented •  More Performance and Security improvement methods to be incorporated •  Scalable architecture to be implemented

ProjecGedena.org •  Developer’s area for contributing to project fedena •  Features: 1. RoR developers can join and start contributing to the project 2. Source Code Download 3. Installation Instructions 4. Bug Submission 5. Bug Tracking 6. Community Forum

Fedena License - Fedena is licensed under Apache 2.0 -

More Links •  Website – www.projectfedena.org •  Test Fedena Application – www.projectfedena.org/testing •  Video Tutorials – www.youtube.com/user/projectfedena

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