Technologies we use

Ruby web frameworks

An infinite selection of possibilities

As you may have already read in our Ruby technologies section, Ruby is a great language that can help to get projects of the ground quickly with rapid development and delivery. An elegant and mature language with a large choice of ready-made libraries to choose from, aka Ruby gems, it is popular as a basis for web applications and business apps the world over.

To truly get the most out of Ruby, we can pair it with a framework. A framework adds extensibility and functionality to Ruby, and gives us rules and/or templates to help craft our project.

There are numerous frameworks out there for Ruby, and we’re always on the lookout for innovative frameworks to help us achieve our clients goals in a more efficient, effective way. Although we haven’t used them in client projects yet, new upstarts Hanami and dry-web we’ve found to be both super useful internally.

We currently mainly work with the following Ruby frameworks.

Rails

Rails is the most popular of the Ruby frameworks, a Model-View-Controller based framework used for developing web applications where we can build a Minimum Viable Product and then scale quickly from there. The bustling community means Rails is always growing as a framework. Read more about Ruby on Rails (that’s RoR for short) via our Ruby on Rails Web Applications Development page.

Grape

We use Grape in production to create REST-like APIs when need be. This is exactly what Grape is for - as a niche Ruby framework.

Sinatra

Sinatra is a little simpler to use and handy for smaller applications, as a more lightweight alternative to Rails. We can use it to build these small web applications in no time at all. Sinatra is more customizable and flexible in the way that we can set up different services and settings, unlike Rails which has a lot of predetermined behavior built in.

Each of these Ruby frameworks has a particular use case, which is why we pick and choose from all three (and explore others!), depending on our clients’ project requirements.

At iRonin, we are experts in determining the best technology stack for your web and mobile app development; creating beautiful, efficient solutions, aided by the best of the best in DevOps. Our team of professional developers is always ready to take on the next challenge - so drop us an email and fill us in on your next project.

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