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Ruby

Posted by John Creedon
John Creedon
4,260 Points

Managing content with Ruby On Rails

I'd like to use Ruby on Rails to build a web app that basically holds a large library of content that I would like stored in a database and outputted dynamically on the site. What is the best way to manage this content with rails? Is it best to use an existing rails cms / build my own simple cms for my exact needs?

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Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points
Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

Whatever you feel most comfortable with is probably the best solution. It's not too hard to complete a basic rails app that can store data in a database and then display on a page. If you're new to rails and looking to learn I'd definitely suggest just building it from scratch. However I don't know all the details of the project so again I'd do what YOU feel is the right way :)