The document discusses Ruby on Rails, a web application framework written in Ruby. It provides several quotes from early adopters praising Rails for allowing web applications to be developed much faster compared to other frameworks while maintaining quality. The document also discusses challenges with traditional web development and how Rails aimed to address these challenges through its conventions and emphasis on productivity.
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20. “[You] could develop a web application at least ten times
faster with Rails than you could with a typical Java
framework [...] without making any sacrifices in the quality
of your application.”
Curt Hibbs
21. “[You] could develop a web application at least ten times
faster with Rails than you could with a typical Java
framework [...] without making any sacrifices in the quality
of your application.”
Curt Hibbs
Cust Hibbs is a Senior
Soft ware Engineer at
Boeing. He was one of the
authors of WordStar for
Windows.
22. “Rails is the most well thought-out web development
framework I’ve ever used.”
James Duncan Davidson
23. “Rails is the most well thought-out web development
framework I’ve ever used.”
James Duncan Davidson
JDD is the author of
Tomcat and Ant.
24. “Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken
weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter
of days [with Rails].”
Tim O'Reilly
25. “Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken
weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter
of days [with Rails].”
Tim O'Reilly
Tim is “that” O’Reilly
- the editor.
26. “Rails has become a standard to which even well-
established tools are comparing themselves to.”
Martin Fowler
27. “Rails has become a standard to which even well-
established tools are comparing themselves to.”
Martin Fowler
Author of
“Refactoring”.
29. “Ruby on Rails is astounding. Using it is like
watching a kung-fu movie, where a dozen bad-ass
frameworks prepare to beat up the little newcomer
only to be handed their asses in a variety of
imaginative ways.”
Nathan Torkington
30. “Ruby on Rails is astounding. Using it is like
watching a kung-fu movie, where a dozen bad-ass
frameworks prepare to beat up the little newcomer
only to be handed their asses in a variety of
imaginative ways.”
Nathan Torkington
Chairman at OScon
31. Thanks to Joey deVilla for
this picture (http://
accordionguy.blogware.com/
Photos/2006/02/
bruce_on_rails.jpg)