New Ruby Web Application Framework: Merb

Daniel Butler — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:49:00 -0400

Ezra Zygmuntowicz of Yakima, Washington, has announced a new lightweight Ruby web application framework: Merb, named by combining the lightweight HTTP application server Mongrel with the templating system Erb. Using ActiveRecord, a simpler-than-rails routing system and taking full advantage of Mongrel’s X-SendFile features, the “pocket framework” can server dynamic templated pages at 400 requests/second on a MacBook.

It’s simple to get started:

$ sudo gem install merb
$ gem unpack merb
$ cd merb-0.0.3/examples/sample_app
# edit the conf/merb_init.rb to add your database password info.
# then add a posts table to your db with a title and body column.
$ merb start -t

Once you do that, visit http://localhost:4000/posts/new, http://localhost:4000/posts/list, or http://localhost:4000/uploads/start to see the little framework that could in action.

Thanks, Ezra!

The RubyForge Project Page
The Merb Trac Page
The Merb SVN Repository
An article on Merb at Brainspl.at

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