Whats the rail?

[Ryan and Kate Huff]

I am an extreme beginer to ruby on rails, but not to PHP, Java ..... etc and
other OO-like languages. So I have a good understanding of the principles,
just new to Ruby.

I have two simple questions here:

1.) I get that Ruby is the language but what is the "Rails" part about?

2.) I get the Ruby Gems is the package manager but package manager for what?
Language Extensions?

-Thanks

 

[anne001]

1. rails is a framework, ie a library, code that someone wrote in ruby.

A rails application is going to be a mix of ruby code to program what
is going on on the server
side and and rails framework set up

2. http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/1#page22

 

[Logan Capaldo]

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1. rails is a framework, ie a library, code that someone wrote in
ruby.

Just to quibble over framework vs. library. In general you call out
to library code, whereas a framework tends to call your code.


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[Bill Guindon]

I am an extreme beginer to ruby on rails, but not to PHP, Java ..... etc = and
other OO-like languages. So I have a good understanding of the principle= s,
just new to Ruby.

I have two simple questions here:

1.) I get that Ruby is the language but what is the "Rails" part about?

http://www.rubyonrails.org/
(somebody had to do it.)