The
top three advantages of using Ruby on Rails as a web development
platform are as follows:
Quick
development:
This feature is the most appreciated
and result oriented functionality
of Rails. The principle of DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) makes Ruby web
application faster to develop. The information is stored at a single
place and data can be gathered by specifying the class name only. As
it is based on object oriented paradigm one doesn't need to write
separate code for every component. ROR
results in quick development of websites for
the reasons of code re-usability, minor configurations and less
complications.
Affordable
web application framework:
Being an open source web application framework, Ruby on Rails has
very low licensing fees. Due to this it is cost effective framework
and can be easily used by individuals as well as small and medium
sized companies. Plus the development process is also very fast which
minimizes the cost of hiring
ROR developers.
Thus, Rails proves to be an affordable
framework
for developing smart web applications.
Technically
rich framework:
The best part about Rails is that the framework is a bundle of
various packages. ActiveRecord, Active Resource, ActionPack,
ActionMailer and ActiveSupport are the standard packages of the Rails
framework. Apart from the packages, Rails offer variety of plug-ins
which makes development fast and effective.
These
are the top most reasons for the popularity of Rails. Rails
developers across the globe vouch for the efficacy of these features
to create technically rich websites.
