[Rails] Inspiring Web 2.0 Rails Sites?

Peter De Berdt
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:47:27 -0000

On 30 Jun 2006, at 10:28, Joe Ruby wrote:

> Anybody know of any Rails-using web sites that really capture the
> essence of the nebulous Web 2.Oh from which ideas, instruction, and
> inspiration can be drawn?
>

Don''t. If you have an idea for a web application, then have a go at
it. The rubyonrails.org site has a list of Rails apps, if that''s what
you''re looking for.

> BTW, what exactly IS Web 2.0?

A big fuss about nothing really. Some use it in its original context
of community driven web apps, but a lot of people like to see it as
an enhanced user experience in web apps through the use of Ajax and
providing RSS feeds and the likes.

 From Wikipedia:

The term Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of services available
on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share
information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0
gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the
traditional static Web pages. Web 2.0 applications often use a
combination of techniques devised in the late 1990s, including public
web service APIs (dating from 1998), Ajax (1998), and web syndication
(1997). They often allow for mass publishing (web-based social
software). The concept may include blogs and wikis.


Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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