Where did the name "Ruby on Rails" come from? Thanks, Stephan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Stephan Wehner wrote:> Where did the name "Ruby on Rails" come from? > > Thanks, > > StephanIn the beginning there were computers and the people were happy The users noted that these computers couldn''t talk to other computers and they were sad The network was thusly created and the people were happy The frameworks that were initially developed were quite primitive and the people were sad Bigger frameworks were developed that allowed greater user experience and productivity and the people were happy As these frameworks grew bigger, and the complexity rose, developers were given an increasing array of configuration options, development strategies, financial advice, cosmic tea and other such things in which to develop their particular applications which only lead to big slow downs in things getting out the door and the people were sad Along came 37Signals and DHH and he dictated that "convention over configuration" shall be the new law, "Each of you will now develop my way as if you were on rails" which greatly simplified web application development and the people were happy.. hth.. ilan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Ilan Berci wrote:> Along came 37Signals and DHH and he dictated that "convention over > configuration" shall be the new law, "Each of you will now develop my > way as if you were on rails" which greatly simplified web application > development and the people were happy.. > > hth..I don''t see how this helps ... Stephan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I think the point is that Rails is constraining (which is a good thing). ///ark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Stephan Wehner wrote:> > Ilan Berci wrote: > >> Along came 37Signals and DHH and he dictated that "convention over >> configuration" shall be the new law, "Each of you will now develop my >> way as if you were on rails" which greatly simplified web application >> development and the people were happy.. >> >> hth.. > > I don''t see how this helps ... > > Stephan >If you consider a train on rails, the train goes where the rails take it. Ruby On Rails is the Ruby language on the "rails" that DHH dreamed up. As the saying goes, RoR is very opinionated software. You can do *some* things in a way that DHH and crew don''t like, but they will make it hard for you. If you follow the Rails, all goes well. Peace, Phillip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Phillip Koebbe wrote:> On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Stephan Wehner wrote: > >> I don''t see how this helps ... >> >> Stephan >> > > If you consider a train on rails, the train goes where the rails take > it. Ruby On Rails is the Ruby language on the "rails" that DHH > dreamed up. As the saying goes, RoR is very opinionated software. > You can do *some* things in a way that DHH and crew don''t like, but > they will make it hard for you. If you follow the Rails, all goes well. >Thanks! Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? Stephan> Peace, > Phillip-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Is there a reference to where you got the name "Stephan Wehner?" First useage? Sorry, couldn''t resist. :-) Have fun riding the rails. On Dec 13, 6:10 pm, Stephan Wehner <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Phillip Koebbe wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Stephan Wehner wrote: > > >> I don''t see how this helps ... > > >> Stephan > > > If you consider a train on rails, the train goes where the rails take > > it. Ruby On Rails is the Ruby language on the "rails" that DHH > > dreamed up. As the saying goes, RoR is very opinionated software. > > You can do *some* things in a way that DHH and crew don''t like, but > > they will make it hard for you. If you follow the Rails, all goes well. > > Thanks! > > Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? > > Stephan > > > Peace, > > Phillip > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Em Qui 13 Dez 2007, Stephan Wehner escreveu: [...]> > Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? >Have you tried Wikipedia? HTH, -- Davi Vidal -- E-mail: davividal-UiHwsRqXctc1RhZgQKG/ig@public.gmane.org MSN : davividal-uAjRD0nVeow@public.gmane.org GTalk : davividal-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Skype : davi vidal ICQ : 138815296
Davi wrote:> Em Qui 13 Dez 2007, Stephan Wehner escreveu: > [...] >> >> Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? >> > > Have you tried Wikipedia?Yes, there are hints about Struts in the discussion page. "...., but Rails was almost certainly named in homage to Struts ....." The discussion page also has the same question directly, "How about some info on how it got to be called Ruby on Rails?" but there is no answer. Stephan Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ruby_on_Rails -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
From that line of thinking, it all becomes so clear. Rails gets you places, while Struts just hold you up. On Dec 13, 7:57 pm, Stephan Wehner <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Davi wrote: > > Em Qui 13 Dez 2007, Stephan Wehner escreveu: > > [...] > > >> Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? > > > Have you tried Wikipedia? > > Yes, there are hints about Struts in the discussion page. > > "...., but Rails was almost certainly named in homage to Struts ....." > > The discussion page also has the same question directly, > "How about some info on how it got to be called Ruby on Rails?" > > but there is no answer. > > Stephan > > Ref.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Railshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ruby_on_Rails > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Em Qui 13 Dez 2007, Stephan Wehner escreveu:> Davi wrote: > > Em Qui 13 Dez 2007, Stephan Wehner escreveu: > > [...] > > > >> Is there a reference for this? First usage ... ? > > > > Have you tried Wikipedia? > > Yes, there are hints about Struts in the discussion page. > > "...., but Rails was almost certainly named in homage to Struts ....." > > The discussion page also has the same question directly, > "How about some info on how it got to be called Ruby on Rails?" > > but there is no answer. >Phillip''s answers seems fine for me... First usage was from 37Signals? HTH, -- Davi Vidal -- E-mail: davividal-UiHwsRqXctc1RhZgQKG/ig@public.gmane.org MSN : davividal-uAjRD0nVeow@public.gmane.org GTalk : davividal-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Skype : davi vidal ICQ : 138815296
i guess the guys at 37signals kept asking david how he was getting along with this widely unknown japanese scripting language that he had decided to write their next web application in, and one day he answered with a smile: "i put it (ruby) on rails". ;) On Dec 13, 8:56 pm, Stephan Wehner <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Where did the name "Ruby on Rails" come from? > > Thanks, > > Stephan > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---