Ruby on Rails Overview
From MashupCamp
Several people have expressed an interest in a hands-on overview of Ruby on Rails (RoR) to walk through an installation of RoR and write a simple Hello World program. We could then advance to a simple database backed application, and finally onto a mashup using Google Maps and Flickr. Anyone interested should install RoR before the session. --MaxDunn
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Q and A
Question - Do we need to download a web server, e.g. Apache, onto the laptop as well?
Answer - No, we will be using Ruby's WEBrick server.
Feedback
Good idea to start from the beginning with installation. The suggested progression of writing a simple Hello World program and advancing to a simple DB app and then to a mashup of Google Maps and Flikr sounds good. Social software and location-aware apps are of particular interest to us. --Benay 02:14, 11 July 2006 (EDT)
How about splitting up the session into install and hello world for beginners, then a seperate session for people who already have Rails installed and running but want to try some mashups? If install is very quick, then nevermind, but I can see that taking half an hour right there. --Bryan.Wu
Answer: Yes, the first session held Wednesday was the Hello World for beginners. The second session on Thursday will be about mashups.
See Also
Ruby On Rails - Why choose Ruby on Rails to develop your Mashup? AlainB
Steps
For more advanced Rails apps which integrate Google Maps and Flickr, see Ruby on Rails Mashups
