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Ruby

Posted by Aaron Walton
Aaron Walton
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Rails Applications

A couple overview questions related to Rails:

  1. In the Treehouse project we create an application called statuses. In another online tutorial I found we create an application called blog. These applications seem to have predefined structures, files etc. Is there a list of available starter applications in Rails? Who makes these applications? Or am I not understanding what is actually happening here when we make a Rails application?

  2. By default are Rails applications using a particular database?

1 Answer

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

  1. There are no real "starter" applications. Rails is a framework. It handles communication with the database automatically (something you'd have to write manually with PHP) and helps get a site up and running quite quickly. I recommend doing many different tutorials with different features, then seeing if you can blend them all together. I've added blogs, forums, quizzes, and a gradebook to my ROR application that I started with here.

  2. You can decide on any database. I use Postgresql for my production database, but use sqlite3 for my development database. You can use the database they use in the videos, and when it's time to publish to a production environment, you can decide what you'd like to use.