Ruby on Rails, often simply called Rails, is a web application framework written in Ruby. It was created by David Heinemeier Hansson and released in 2004. Rails is designed to make programming web applications easier by making assumptions about what every developer needs to get started. It allows developers to write less code while accomplishing more than many other languages and frameworks.

Rails follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, which organizes application programming. This pattern decouples the application logic from the user interface and the database, making it easier to manage and scale.

Model: Represents the data and the business logic. Typically, models map to database tables.

View: Represents the user interface. Views are what the user interacts with.

Controller: Manages the interaction between the model and the view. It processes user input, interacts with the model, and renders the appropriate view.

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Rails emphasizes convention over configuration (CoC). This means that the framework makes assumptions about what you want to do and how you're going to do it, which reduces the number of decisions a developer has to make. The same principle is often described as Do not Repeat yourself (DRY).

Rails has many useful components: Scaffolding to make starting a new project much easier. Active Record, which encapsulates and abstracts data and use used as the object-relational mapper (ORM). Rails allows creating API's (Application Programming Interfaces) out of the box. These include both ReSTful and event-driven, however, at Wasya Co we suggest using nodejs for event-driven architectures. Please see our Node Development Services for the breakdown of relevant offerings that we provide.

Additionally, Rails unlocks an extensive library of open-source modules and other contributions, which can be incorporated into your project using the bundler/rubygems system.

Rails plays well with other environments and stacks, and having a hybrid stack is common.

Rails allows well-structured background work to be performed using scheduled background processes. At Wasya Co, we use Sidekiq and OS-level services for this type of development. Please refer to Our Complete Preferred Stack, and to the section on Background Jobs for more details.

Integrations are easy with Rails. Please read the detailed example of integrating Drupal with Rails.

Ruby on Rails offers many attractive options:

Rapid Prototyping: Scaffolding and other generators allow for quick setup and iteration.

Clean Code: Encourages clean and readable code.

Performance: Rails can be tuned for top performance at scale

Flexibility: Rails integrates with any framework or codebase.

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In conclusion, we believe that ruby on rails is one of the best frameworks and technology choices available for web development. Our company specializes in rails, Wasya Co has large capabilities in this stack. Please contact us with details on your project to request a quote.