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InfoWorld review: Heroku cloud application platform

Heroku is a pure platform as a service -- that is, the entire infrastructure is managed by Heroku and not by you. As such, deploying a Ruby application, whether or not it is Rails based, is practically effortless. Deployment, in fact, is performed as a part of a regular SCM (software configuration management) sync via Git, an innovative, freely available, and quite popular distributed source code management system pioneered by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

By Andrew Glover | 01 December, 2011 06:17

Tags: software, ruby on rails, paas, internet, heroku, freemium, cloud computing, application development
InfoWorld review: Engine Yard Cloud

Although code deployment might not be as easy with Engine Yard as with Heroku, the Engine Yard platform is dramatically more tunable. In fact, in many ways, Engine Yard is closer to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) than a platform as a service (PaaS). Engine Yard provides a base infrastructure tuned to run Ruby applications, but the rest is up to you. Engine Yard does offer Git integration; however, deployment is not executed via a push, as in Heroku, but rather via Engine Yard's suite of tools and its extensive dashboard, which can sync with a Git repository.

By Andrew Glover | 01 December, 2011 06:07

Tags: ruby on rails, paas, internet, Infrastructure services, freemium, engine yard, development platforms, cloud computing, application development
Ruby clouds: Engine Yard vs. Heroku

In the world of Ruby development, there are two primary cloud-based, platform-as-a-service offerings: Engine Yard and Heroku. Both provide an easy-to-scale, managed hosting environment, both are built on Amazon EC2, and both have a long and intimate history with the Ruby community. Nevertheless, they offer contrasting approaches and features that will appeal to different audiences.

By Andrew Glover | 30 November, 2011 22:10

Tags: software, ruby on rails, paas, internet, heroku, engine yard, cloud computing, application development
Heroku, Engine Yard bolster language support on clouds

Platform-as-a-service cloud vendors Heroku and Engine Yard have been branching out to accommodate more developers by backing more programming languages.

By Paul Krill | 01 October, 2011 01:22

Tags: software, salesforce.com, ruby on rails, python, PHP Web, paas, Java Programming, internet, cloud computing, application development
Ruby creator sets sights on mobile

The open source Ruby language, founded by developer Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto and released in 1995, has become a staple among programming languages.

By Paul Krill | 06 September, 2011 20:20

Tags: twitter, software, ruby on rails, mobile technology, Mobile Development, IDC, application development

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Open source identity: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson

Web application development reached a new paradigm with the release of Ruby on Rails back in 2004. Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has since been at the helm of one of the most successful and popular open source software development projects. Ruby on Rails, or just Rails, has allowed thousands of developers to create complex applications rapidly in a consistent manner. Open Source Identity catches up David Heinemeier Hansson to find out what the early days of Rails was like and what the future holds.

By Rodney Gedda | 22 October, 2009 10:51

Tags: web development, ruby on rails, ruby, open source identity, open source, frameworks
One way to build mobile-friendly apps for all devices

Adam Blum, CEO of startup Rhomobile, says 90% of the programs being written with his company's open source mobile application framework are by ISVs and the other 10% by enterprises, but over time he'd like to see those percentages reversed.

By Bob Brown | 23 May, 2009 04:20

Tags: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, mobile phones, mobility, Palm Pre, ruby on rails, Windows Mobile
King of the dynamic IDEs

Komodo IDE 5 from ActiveState is the most comprehensive code editor and debugger available for enterprise teams that develop applications using a range of dynamic languages. Komodo's strong debugging skills are blended with broad-based coding support for Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby, not to mention Tcl, Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, and many more. With powerful HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and XML support, Komodo is a great Web 2.0 companion as well.

By James R. Borck | 27 February, 2009 08:48

Tags: Java, ruby on rails, software development, sun
15 amazing Web apps built in 48 hours

Winning entries from the annual Ruby on Rails coding contest.

By Julie Bort | 12 November, 2008 10:41

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