Ruby on Rails has gone from a bleeding edge buzzword to a practical and cost saving framework used by major companies such as Amazon and IBM. If your company is developing web applications you can't afford to ignore the benefits of using Ruby on Rails.

This workshop will introduce managers and executives to the Ruby on Rails framework and provide tools for performing cost-benefit analysis for web application development.

Topics Covered

  • High-level introduction to Rails, including the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture
  • Overview of the Rails development process, with a comparison of other frameworks
  • Example production deployment, addressing scalability concerns
  • Cost-benefit analysis for web application development