From Rails to Rack: Making Rails 3 a Better Ruby Citizen

From Rails to Rack: Making Rails 3 a Better Ruby Citizen 3.74 http://spkr8.com/t/1183

Yehuda Katz (wycats) 4.03

Co-founder at Tilde Inc.
34 talks

Description:

Rails 3 is on its way, and Yehuda Katz is giving RubyNation a sneak peek! With the advent of the Rack spec and library, Ruby web frameworks can interact in unprecedented ways. Imagine a Rails application routing to a Sinatra application, or Merb-style exception pages that catch exceptions from Rails or Cloudkit.

The idea is simple: create a tiny API for interaction between elements of a web application. Instead of requiring special mechanisms for tests, controller instantiation, or CSRF forgery protection, design apps as a collection of such elements strung together into a stack. As with Unix pipes, limiting the interaction between elements makes powerful combinations a snap.

Merb 0.9 was rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of Rack, and Rails has begun incorporating it as well. Rails 3 will make Rack a fundamental part of the framework.

Join Yehuda and talk about how this powerful idea is influencing the next generation of Rails, and how it will change the way you develop.

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