Ruby on Rails development has gained popularity these days – Reasons

In the era of web application: If we say we are in the web era, it will be not at all an over statement because in past decade if something has crossed all the limits of human expectation that is none other than web application services. Almost all the sectors and domains are heavily influenced by the web application industry. May it be IT, education, finance, tourism or garments industry etc all are taking the help of web services to expand their business to a next level. In this phase, we have seen a number of new languages that are web domain specific in nature have entered into the industry to help the web developers in developing industry standard web applications. Ruby is such a language which is highly motivated to develop enterprise standard web applications for modern platforms efficiently.

Why you choose RoR: Well RoR stands for Ruby on rail. It is a deadly combo of language and framework. RoR is having a MVC (Model View Controller) architecture which helps in developing extremely reliable dynamic web solutions for any domain. Ruby on rail is an open source language-framework combo and hence it has low cost of ownership. Moreover, it is highly productive due to its easy to develop feature that enables it to be the first choice for any web developer or start-ups.

RoR for everyone including start-ups: As we have already discussed about the low investment cost for RoR, makes it first choice for your start-up venture. To add this, Ruby on rail is extremely simple in nature and it can be learned by any web developer who has already worked with any other language. Hence, it will not create any problem to an experienced web developer to transit to RoR development. The best part is due to its simple in nature, it helps in creating well readable codes that are also easy to maintain for the developer. This triggers the fresher to learn RoR within less time and enables him to fight in the IT industry.

On the other hand, the industry gets RoR developers in the form of fresher at low wages; this helps the organisations not to think beyond RoR for their next project. Hence we see there is a tremendous popularity of Ruby on rails development among both fresher and experienced professionals. Fresher are able to kick start their career in IT industry through RoR where as experienced web developers love to learn RoR to showcase in their resume. So, it’s like a win-win situation for all i.e. fresher, experienced web developers and the Industry.

RoR for modern web development: RoR is in its infant stage now, and it understands the magic of modern web development in the industry. It understands the power of mobile web applications in the enterprise. Hence, RoR is well prepared for the future with all modern technologies on its shoulders like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. This helps in developing enterprise standard responsive web applications for cross platform and multiple devices. Moreover RoR web developers can integrate the next generation Cloud technology into their project making it a future ready web application.

Future of RoR: Considering all the features and charisma of Ruby on rails we can simply say one line that “RoR has a tremendous future potential to rule the IT industry”.

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Developing an ROR app for Heroku - Things to consider

Why ROR with Heroku: ROR is a language framework combo which has received tremendous support from the web developers in the industry. This is due to its easy to learn approach, quick web development features etc. Anyway, Ruby developers are in top of the list when it comes about faster web development. In ROR, the database and the view part are so much connected that the developer will find it extremely easier and interesting to develop industry standard web solutions with all modern features. On the other hand, Heroku is a Cloud platform as a service (PaaS) which is extremely reliable for your web app. Heroku has the blessings from salesforce since 2010 and hence you can expect better service from it.

Well, Heroku has a strong relationship with Ruby since its inception in 2007; because, for first 3 years it was providing support to only Ruby. Later on, after 2010, it expanded its service to other languages like Java, nodeJS, PHP, and Python etc. So a ruby developer can expect premium feelings within Heroku environment. Today, we will discuss about ROR development under Heroku platform and we will consider few major points before we launch our app in Heroku.

Estimate your needs and requirements: Before launching your ROR app, you must consider what are the required resources for your app? As a web developer (ROR developer), you need to recognize how much memory you need i.e. RAM to run your app. Higher RAM is always better, but if your app is limited to less number of users you can take less RAM. In Heroku, there is a parameter known as Dynos that are responsible to run your app in an isolated container with sufficient energy from RAM. A Ruby developer has the option to choose the size of Dynos or RAM as per his requirement for the app.

Make sure you are using Postgres database: Yes, this is the most important part. Heroku supports Postgres database. So, as a web developer you must ensure that your app is running on postgres before you think of launching it in Heroku. For the same, you must develop your app using Ruby and Postgres so that you will not face any problem in future. You can do the same by including “pg” gem inside the Gemfile.

Don’t forget to store your app on git: Heroku has clearly mentioned that it has strong affection for git!! In other words, we can say Heroku relies on git. So, Ruby developer must put his web app on the git platform only. Git is a distributed source control management tool to deploy your project. So, web developer must ensure all the code of the app ready for git.

Support matters much: Last but not the least Support. It matters most for any app; because, it determines the fate of the app. ROR developer should take care of this feature to the maximum level. There are many plans to provide support for the developer. It starts with instant support to 1-day response time. So, be careful while choosing this service.

Besides above, Heroku also provides many add-ons for your app to make it even more powerful, more interactive and future ready. So, Ruby developer should also put his hands over these add-ons as well.

You can get in touch with a ROR development company who can help you develop apps that are stable, scalable and secure.

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Dependencies in ROR that developers face during development

Ruby on rails is one of those fortunate products of the industry which received a quick popularity among the developers. It is just few years old technology and it has seen a tremendous growth in the industry. It is already an established brand in the IT world and there is a huge potential for the ruby developers in future. Well we can’t say it’s a total luck rather there is some logic behind its success. It is launched at a time when the industry was hunting for a good web development tool which possesses potential to develop quick websites to meet the demand of the industry. Fortunately ruby on rails is a language framework combo which is extremely efficient in developing quick web applications on the fly. So we can say it was the perfect break through for the industry when the industry was carving for such platform. So it spread like a fire in the industry and gained an overnight popularity. Anyway today we will discuss about some of the challenges and dependencies of ruby on rails from the ruby developers perspective.

RoR developer should give maximum priority to inbuilt functions: When it comes about dependencies the first thing that comes to our mind is compatibility. Well a web developer or ruby developer can write a specific function in different ways. Rather I would say one function can be written in hundreds of ways. But what makes it unique is the standard and optimisation of the function. So as a ruby on rails developer you must try to achieve optimisation through proper use of all its inbuilt functions because, these functions are already optimised and extremely compatible with the platform. Hence in order to take the maximum advantage of the framework a ruby developer must use those in house functions and libraries for optimised application development.

Sometimes, up-gradation becomes fatal: Up-gradation helps the ruby developer in many ways like enhancing the power of the framework, improving the efficiency and productivity of the ruby on rail developer. So it is strongly suggested to update your framework in order to get those improvements and advantages for your application. But sometimes it is extremely fatal to up-grade your software with the old codebase on its backbone. It may lead to instant crash of your web application due to incompatibility issue. Well it can be fixed by the ROR developer but it’s better to take necessary precautions before you move for up-gradation. So as a web developer you must aware of those incompatibility issues before you are taking such a strong decision.

Make sure you are not going closer to compatibility issue: As stated above, while you are dealing with software up-gradation you must ensure that it will not create any incompatibility issue in your application. Moreover, even when you are taking the help of any third party plugins or modules in your application you must ensure that it is compatible with the current version of software.

You must ensure that your app is future ready: To be a good ROR developer or web developer you must be aware of all future possibilities of your application i.e., you should learn how and if any modern technology can be integrated to your application to give an interactive and future ready look and feel to your application. Technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery are our intention for efficient ruby developers. You can get in touch with a Ruby on Rrails development company who can help you develop apps that are stable, scalable and secure.

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