Abder-Rahman Ali wrote: > In the Head First Rails, it mentions that we need the following in order > to run an application on a server: > > 1- Application framework. > 2- Database system. > 3- Web server. > 4- Object relational mapping library.
Wow, that's absolutely wrong. I've done without 4 quite nicely, and some people do without 1. Even 2 isn't necessary for certain types of applications. Only 3 is essential. > > The point that I couldn't understand well is "Application framework". > Can you describe what is meant by this point? Basically, an application framework is a set of libraries -- such as Rails -- which takes care of the infrastructure of the application (setting up an architecture, talking to the Web server, etc.). > > Regarding the web server, which is where our application is run, can we > say that if we deploy the application to the local machine the local > machine is a web server. And, if we deploy the application to > www.xyz.com, the web server is xyz.com? Yes on both counts. A Web server is just a computer that can respond to HTTP requests. > > Thanks. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
