Developing with ROR for android platform - Is it a good option

Ruby on Rails is probably only language-framework combo in the industry which has seen an overnight popularity among the web developers. Though there are many other frameworks for web developers like CakePHP, Zend, ASP .Net, Django, Swing, Spring, Hibernate etc but RoR has its own charm within it. Its beauty is so eye catchy that, it will make you fall in love with Ruby!! Its simplicity will attract you and its ease of integration will tempt you to put your hands over it. Since its inception it has seen only success and it has received only positive word of mouth and hence it is now one of the leading frameworks of the industry. Web developers are trying hard to become a Ruby developer!!

Scope of RoR: The best part of RoR is its easy approach. Anyone can learn RoR in much faster than other language or framework. Moreover, it is Open Source and hence you can start your first website development from day one itself. You need not to be an expert in web development to be a RoR Developer. This makes a clear path for fresher to jump into RoR development tom kick start their career in IT industry. What is more? RoR has similar syntax that of PHP and .Net hence, if you are an experienced web developer, you will feel easier to learn RoR. Rather I would say you can build web application in just few days. RoR also provides scope to write readable and maintainable code; hence this will help you in building enterprise standard web applications on the fly.

RoR for mobile apps: In the phase, when there is a huge buzz for smart phones and tablets, we can’t ignore the importance of mobile apps that can be run on different platforms like Android or iOS. Fortunately, RoR gives the android developers much room to develop their android mobile apps in less time and more efficiency. Yes, android developers can develop mobile apps using different modern technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery for their users. This really provides an awesome opportunity for the android mobile developers to build interactive and attractive mobile apps for different android device and browsers.

RoR for web apps: Well, besides mobile apps android developers can take the help of RoR to develop web apps for their android platform. It is really a tough task for web developers to develop a common web app that can give same user experience irrespective of screen size and browsers of different android devices. As we know there is a large band of screen sizes available in the market in different android devices starting from 2 inches to 10 inches. So, in that case, the android RoR developer must take the help of Responsive web design using HTML5 and CSS3 to develop dynamic, Asynchronous and light weight web applications that can run on android platform. Ruby developers can definitely meet the demand of the users through their modern web apps.

RoR for Native appa!!: It may sound little Odd for the web developers or even Ruby developers; But, it is TRUE!! We are aware of Java (for android native app) and Objective C (for iOS native apps) for developing native apps in smart phone platforms. But, how can we build a native app using a web framework. Well, there are many third party tools which can help the Ruby developers in developing native apps. One such piece is “Mobiloitte”, this tool can help Ruby developers in converting their Ruby codes to develop Android native apps. So, what are you waiting for? Just go and try it out yourself now!!

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Changes in Rails 4 and what impacts will it have

The release of Rails 4 has been much anticipated with nearly 1 year spent on the development. Architecturally, there are no major changes; nevertheless there are quite a number of changes in the overall system. There is a modular format in the evolving of the framework with the main focus being keeping the main codebase lean as well as effective. In fact, many features have been pushed into separate gems and for deprecated features all official support has been removed. However, if a developer really needs to use them then they can do that without too much trouble.

Minimum Ruby 1.9.3- This is considered as the biggest change that has been brought in this framework. With minimum ruby 1.9.3 needed, 1.8.7 has become completely obsolete. Previously there was no issue as such about the versions but with this renewed requirement it has become necessary to upgrade everything. This might seem to be challenging but nothing can be far from the truth. RVM makes the upgrading process really simple. So there is nothing but benefits to reap- a smooth transformation with the features of the improved as well as upgraded version.

Turbolink- The turbolink concept is often marked as controversial since due to it, normal HTTP links are not generated by Rails and everything is done with JavaScript. The serving of the original page will be done normally; however, other links clicked afterwards will result in all markup being deleted, replaced with HTTP reply’s markup and then the displayed URL will be updated. It might seem complicated, but since browsers do not have to go through requests for checking the changes of Javascript and CSS files, the method is really fast. Just a single request has to be focused on, without any attention needed to be given to additional requests.

ActiveRecord::SessionStore- When we use cookies to store sensitive information it might lead to problems and breach of security later on. Thus, to eliminate that problem ActiveRecord::SessionStore feature has been abolished. But if you do want to store sessions in database all you have to do is take help of activerecord-session_store gem and this functionality can be brought to use.

ActiveRecord::QueryMethods.none- This is a newly introduced function that helps implement the null object pattern. This is perfect for those conditions where there is a method that returns some relation but a condition requires the database to not being queried. This will help in smooth working of all chained conditions without much of an issue which helps eliminate the requirement of constant checking of the object for a relation.

Thread-safe- This feature has been incorporated as a default feature. This helps in good performance of threaded HTTP servers in case the same Ruby process is handling multiple requests. For the characteristic Rails application, it may not mean much but it does ensure that the used gems are thread safe; also the application code will keep the state to itself. In case the same variable is accessed by another thread, this will ensure that the normal results like crashes and other disastrous circumstances are avoided. It also helps avoid data corruption.

Streaming through ActionController::Live- Through Rails, streaming can be conducted. Through HTTP streaming the response is doled to some request over a period of time instead of everything at the same time. In case of media like video streaming, this is often used. Simply including ActionController:Live module can help use streaming. Response.steam.write can be used for writing of data or text to stream. This addition may be small but a lot of possibilities are opened by this.

There are several other additions as well as subtractions and the aim of all these is to make the framework more functional and user-friendly. In all, it is quite easy to implement the new architecture so that maximum advantages can be enjoyed but with the least problems. You can get in touch with a ruby software development company, who can help you develop web apps that are stable, scalable and secure.

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