Basic
Everything in Rails is based on the Ruby programming language. Ruby was created in 1995, and was open-source, so it was available for use in other projects.
The Origins of Rails
Danish programmer David Heinemeier Hansson took advantage of this and created Ruby on Rails. The first version appeared in 2005 as open-source software. Since then, Rails has been updated regularly, with thousands of programmers involved in development. The latest version to date, marked 6.0, was released on August 16, 2019.
What is the Framework?
A framework is a software structure that is used to support the programming and development and organization of other software projects. It provides a standard way to build and develop an application. A framework can contain support programs, compilers, API libraries, toolkits that put together all the different components that make the development of a project or system possible.
What is open-source?
It is the name given to computer software that is open source. That is, open source code and legal availability – a software license. The license is very important because it specifies what rights the user gets to the code and how they can deal with it. Some licenses (e.g. GNU) allow users to modify and distribute the source code.
Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Like other web frameworks, Ruby on Rails uses the MVC software architecture. This architecture splits the data model, user interface, and application control logic into independent components. Thus, modifying any one of them has little impact on the other components. The entire MVC architecture requires the creation of three components, which are listed below:
- Data Model (Model) – The central component that directly manages the data, logic and rules of the application.
- User Interface (View) – Converts the data represented by the data model into a form suitable for user interaction.
- Control Logic (Controller) – Receives input and converts it into commands for other components. In other words, it responds to events (user interaction) and provides changes to the model or interface.
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