{"id":606,"date":"2021-05-07T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2023-03-27T06:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:09:47","slug":"why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Ruby on Rails Useful?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4049\" height=\"2275\" src=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3867\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"9eb4\">Which language you choose for your project depends on multiple factors: level of support, scalability, availability of libraries, cost of frameworks that can cut down development time, and so on. These days, a lot of companies (both small startups and big, well-established businesses) choose Ruby on Rails as their primary framework for development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f0e4a6e24f8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f0e4a6e24f8\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#What_do_you_need_to_know_about_Ruby_on_Rails\" >What do you need to know about Ruby on Rails?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#What_are_the_advantages_of_using_Ruby_on_Rails_for_web_programming\" >What are the advantages of using Ruby on Rails for web programming?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#1_Ruby_on_Rails_is_easy_to_read_comprehend_and_work_in_because_its_close_to_a_natural_language\" >1. Ruby on Rails is easy to read, comprehend, and work in because it\u2019s close to a natural language.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#2_Ruby_on_Rails_has_a_rich_collection_of_libraries_that_facilitate_and_speed_up_development\" >2. Ruby on Rails has a rich collection of libraries that facilitate and speed up development.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#3_Ruby_on_Rails_has_options_for_test_automation\" >3. Ruby on Rails has options for test automation.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#4_Ruby_on_Rails_is_mature_and_stable\" >4. Ruby on Rails is mature and stable.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/sagaratechnology.com\/blog\/why-is-ruby-on-rails-useful-2\/#5_Ruby_is_scalable\" >5. Ruby is scalable.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"aa18\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_need_to_know_about_Ruby_on_Rails\"><\/span><strong>What do you need to know about Ruby on Rails?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"26bc\">Ruby, which was developed more than twenty years ago, is one of the most popular programming languages today. Ruby on Rails is a free open source framework (like many other popular frameworks, it\u2019s distributed under the MIT license).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"8702\">The Rails framework helps developers build websites by abstracting and simplifying repetitive tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4973\">Ruby on Rails is based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Model-View-Controller (MVC) <\/a>design pattern. The MVC pattern supports parallel development, which means that multiple developers can work on the same app simultaneously, with each working on a separate piece of functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"bbdf\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_advantages_of_using_Ruby_on_Rails_for_web_programming\"><\/span><strong>What are the advantages of using Ruby on Rails for web programming?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"d996\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Ruby_on_Rails_is_easy_to_read_comprehend_and_work_in_because_its_close_to_a_natural_language\"><\/span><strong>1. Ruby on Rails is easy to read, comprehend, and work in because it\u2019s close to a natural language.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"989b\">Ruby on Rails is really close to English, but it also uses its own domain-specific language that extends Ruby\u2019s semantics. Often, domain-specific languages end up being too complicated. The team behind Rails has found a good balance by using domain-specific language only in certain instances so it doesn\u2019t make the framework difficult to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"b463\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Ruby_on_Rails_has_a_rich_collection_of_libraries_that_facilitate_and_speed_up_development\"><\/span><strong>2. Ruby on Rails has a rich collection of libraries that facilitate and speed up development.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5472\">The philosophy behind Ruby on Rails is often describe by referring to the software design paradigm convention over configuration. This implies that the framework is compose in a way that decreases the number of decisions that a developer has to make while keeping the framework itself flexible and easy to customize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ab21\">It has multiply reusable, easily configurable components that can be used to cut down development time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"0abf\">Generators in Ruby on Rails allow you to automate basic CRUD functions, while libraries, appropriately called gems, can be used to implement typical features such as authentication or payment integrations. Another powerful tool that Ruby developers can use is the module. Modules provide help you organize Ruby classes, methods, and constants and unites them into groups or units. Writing a module is similar to writing a class, except that a module starts with the module keyword instead of the class keyword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"c469\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Ruby_on_Rails_has_options_for_test_automation\"><\/span><strong>3. Ruby on Rails has options for test automation.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1a38\">Ruby on Rails has an option for integrated testing that checks the quality of code as it\u2019s being written. This means that there\u2019s less need for third-party testing tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"923e\">Rails create a test directory for you as soon as you create a Rails project using rails new application_name. By default, every Rails application has three environments: development, test, and production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5ad5\">It\u2019s possible to run all of your tests at once using the bin\/rails test command, or it\u2019s possible to run a single test file bypassing the filename containing your test cases to this same command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"0c53\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Ruby_on_Rails_is_mature_and_stable\"><\/span><strong>4. Ruby on Rails is mature and stable.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4651\">Ruby on Rails provides opportunities for code refactoring and lets developers extend their apps by adding new features to existing code. This framework has well-established coding conventions that make it easy for new developers to join projects that have accumulated a lot of legacy code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"e4ed\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Ruby_is_scalable\"><\/span><strong>5. Ruby is scalable.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"2b8c\">Ruby is good for scaling a product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"b680\">First of all, Ruby supports caching out of the box. Meaning that you can view fragment caching within your app\u2019s code and also use Redis as a cache-store. You can also use a remote multi-server automation tool such as Capistrano, which automates pushing of new application versions to your deployment location. It also let you use the cloud infrastructure framework Chef, which itself is written in Ruby. The chef can help you manage infrastructure dependencies, create folder structures. Bootstrap the entire system or update system configurations with a minimum of commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"39c1\">Another thing that makes Ruby on Rails a good choice for a project that needs to scale is the way it works with background jobs. Enqueueing tasks such as email confirmation after new users register in the system is important for smooth user experience. The bigger your product is, the more crucial background jobs become to its functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"f6f2\">Overall, it\u2019s noticeable that&nbsp;<strong>Ruby on Rails<\/strong>&nbsp;as a web development framework has reached maturity and will likely grow to become even more stable. Which together with its scalability makes it a good fit for enterprise-level applications. 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