Presentation i gave at the Opensource Software seminar at the European Broadcaster Union in october 2007

1. Werner Ramaekers
VRT Medialab
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2. Wired - April 2006
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3. “Ruby on Rails is an open-
TM
source web framework that’s
optimized for programmer
happiness and sustainable
productivity.”
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4. Convention
Configuration
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8. class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :weblog
has_many :comments
has_one :author, :class => “Person”
end
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9. class WeblogController < ActionController
def show
@post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
end
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10. Create Read Update Delete
REpresentational State Transfert
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11. HTTP
GET POST PUT DELETE
ruby
find create update destroy
SQL
SELECT INSERT UPDATE DELETE
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12. class PeopleController < ActionController
# POST /people
def create() end
# GET /people/1
def show() end
# PUT /people/1
def update() end
# DELETE /people/1
def destroy() end
end
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13. Demo
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14. CBS has partnered with sites
including AOL, Joost, Sling Media,
YouTube, MSNBC and Bebo
Viewership for CBS material
subsequently skyrocketed
from 24 million in May
to 134 million in July 2007
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/10/nbc_itunes
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