Some Big Websites that use Ruby on Rails
We were trying to find a list of sites that use Ruby on Rails, but we could not find any simple ones that list the good sites, thus we decided to make our own list. Here it is in no particular order:
- 43things.com
- odeo.com
- fluxiom.com
- strongspace.com
- typo
- instiki
- shopify.com
- A List Apart
- chow hound
- insider pages
- penny arcade
- (google) measure map
- jobster
- blinksale
- icon buffet
- vital source
- basecamp - Invented Ruby on Rails
- campfire - Invented Ruby on Rails
- bigcartel
Enjoy…
actually, rubyonrails, basecamp, and campfire all use PHP on their frontpages to handle the bandwidth. This is due to RUBY ongoing issues with scalability. I know this is something the RUBY community denies but even the RUBY websites have to rely upon PHP to get their sites to scale and have for some time. In fact, checking for hidden PHP cookies in the URL on those sites will throw up the PHP logo and Netcraft shows them all running PHP.
unspun.com also, and twitter.com
Hello good design. Very nice. 0n79p7 Enjoy. Goodbay.
Dappad notebook
http://www.dappad.com/
Hello from dappad,
We are working on an online notebook, using RoR and a lot of ajax. It maybe worth a look. Attached it’s descrition
Dappad notebook is a free online notebook. It lets you write and read notes from anywhere.
You have both public and private notes in one place. Your public notes can be shared with friends.
Notes are written in a rich format WYSIWYG editor, you can copy and paste content from web pages, Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
Your notes are saved in folders, and can be tagged for quick browsing.
That’s a good list - I agree trying to wade through the hundreds of sites listed on the wiki is - well - difficult. If you want to try out rails for free check out ww.hostingrails.com
http://www.grandcentral.com/
Well, don’t go too far into the site, but a personal favorite website of mine called danbooru is using ruby on rails. There’s a lot of porn and whatnot scattered over it so be careful, but at heart it’s just a taggable imageboard sort of thing. Very complete, and pretty neat, and if you download the source for site (it’s freely available) it only uses maybe 1000-1200 lines of code total. It would take over 10 times as much to do the equivilent in PHP.
http://danbooru.donmai.us/
Can an admin contact me please I cannot find an email address, I would like to be apart of this project I am a CSS Coder and Designer, thanks
Peter Bennett
Now make a list of sites that use PHP. Side by side. Then Perl.
BTW Perl rules
Check out the Handel framework.
david owens, we like having the newest information on top.
owen, I added Big Cartel. Thanks!
Big Cartel is using RoR.
Why do I have to scroll to the bottom of the page and then read upwards to follow the conversation? It is completely counter-intuitive, not to mention a little annoying. Hopefully you will be paying more attention to the shopping cart user interface.
Jon,
I agree with your arguments: I don’t know RoR, so it means I need to invest more of my (very valuable) time to make FCC work for me, thereby reducing its value. I’d prefer PHP because I can jump straight in and start hacking (assuming that the source is released, as most people want / require).
I disagree with your arguments: by listing commercially successful sites that use RoR, JJ demonstrates a real business case for switching. ALA? typo? If those people think it’s wothwhile, we should we pay attention.
P.S. JJ, I’d remove basecamp and campfire from the list, or at least add a disclaimer that they’re built by the company that invented RoR.
It is not a matter of trying to prove but a matter of satisfaction of customers, so we try to weigh in everything and make the best decision from there.
Thanks for your input.
Guys, use what you want. I’m not sure why you feel compelled to prove why you should use RoR over PHP.
It’s just disconcerting when you say you’re developing something in a particular language, people follow your progress, and then you switch to a different language that most seasoned developers consider over-hyped, immature and not easily scalable.
From an outside perspective it makes you look like amateur developers who just happen to have good design skills — something that’s not desirable for someone looking for a good ecommerce platform.
But again, just use what you’re going to use, and don’t worry about chuckers like me. If the service works and you can make it easy to use and implement, you’re halfway there.
My main concerns are that your potential client base will shrink dramatically if 1) you use RoR instead of PHP; and 2) if you don’t provide a hosted solution. If you provide a hosted solution using RoR, similar to 37 Signals’ services, then the language you’re using to build it is a non issue.
However, I was under the impression that you were developing something that developers could download and use on their own servers, in which case I still think RoR is a poor choice.