Frameworks for Ruby, is Rails all you need?

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If you are using the Ruby programming language, what framework are you using with it?  If you are using Ruby and doing web application development, you are probably using the Rails framework.

Last week, I had the great pleasure to spend some time with Michael Slinn.  We talked about Ruby and Rails.  Michael is involved in SDForum's upcoming Second Annual Silicon Valley Ruby Conference, April 21-22.  During the conversation about Ruby and Rails, I made the statement that (in just about every case in the history of computing), the frameworks have followed the languages.  Michael thought that Rails might be the first time that a framework would be driving the language.  What do you think?

As part of the discussion, we talked about Rails and other frameworks for Ruby.  I believe that choice is good for developers, languages, and frameworks.  Is Rails the only thing, besides the language, that you need to build Ruby applications?  Are there other Ruby frameworks that will make your Ruby programming efforts shine? The following is a starting list of frameworks for Ruby that I've found.  I'm sure that many more frameworks exist (let me know) and will soon appear, especially with the growing popularity of the Ruby language.

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    Thaddy De Koning Sunday, 1 April 2007

    well, that would be the second time a framework is driving a language: What about the VCL? As I recall the language extensions introduced in Delphi were explicitly introduced with the framework in mind :) Funny remark, yours, especially coming from YOU ;)

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    David Intersimone Sunday, 1 April 2007

    > framework is driving a language: What about the VCL?



    Hmm, err - well, VCL was built on top of the language Object Pascal. The language extensions go well beyond the property, method, event model. If you also remember, Delphi also supported using VBX controls (which had their own PME).



    Interfaces were first for COM programming and then generalized for any kind of use. Class Helpers were introduced to facilitate VCL on .NET, but they are also a generalized language capability.



    Thinking about .NET, is it the CLR and CTS that is driving the framework or the framework driving the languages on .NET?

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    Thaddy De Koning Monday, 2 April 2007

    I see your point :) But there's a rather nice article available, I believe in the old museum (the Anders one, about Delphi 1) that may lead the unaware to believe otherwise.

    Also it's not the quantity or richness of a language that's at the core of this. It is the quality and necessity of certain language extensions that imho differ between the two and explain why Rails may be driving the language. What would be a good idea if the former would drive some features into oblivion faster... but that's another subject.

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    Brian Moelk Tuesday, 3 April 2007
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