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December 14, 2005 | Comments: (0)
Ruby on Rails 1.0 is released
Version 1.0 of the Ruby on Rails open source Web development framework was released this week.
Billed as being optimized for programmer happiness and productivity, the technology features a full-stack framework for building database-backed Web applications. It has been popular with AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript plus XML) developers.
Specifically, Ruby on Rails is the Ruby programming language running on the Rails framework, said Jeremy Kemper, a developer of Ruby on Rails. Although available in previous incarnations, the platform in its 1.0 release is intended to be a mature platform. It features enhancements in areas such as AJAX, database migrations and automated deployment, Kemper said.
"I'd like to emphasize the maturing of the platform," Kemper said.
"What we have with 1.0 is kind of solidifying the vision of what Rails is and giving people who are developing [with the technology] a stable target," Kemper said.
The impact of the technology has been broadening, according to Kemper. "Whole companies are basing their Web strategies on Rails," Kemper said. Ruby on Rails is available free via the open source MIT license, said Kemper.
Posted by Paul Krill on December 14, 2005 02:31 PM
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