Ruby on Rails & Benefits to Web Innovation

Being on the business side of the Internet, I think it's important to stay on top of recent technology developments and what developers are using to build the latest and greatest web applications. I'm discovering that a fairly recent programming language called Ruby on Rails is catching on in the coding world.

It's important for a few reasons:

• Shortens development cycles because it's a) easy to read, b) easy to write, and c) extremely iterative (immediate feedback)
• According to devs, the process of writing in Rails allows more expression and is generally more fun to code in

A few examples of sites built on Rails are:

• Basecamp
• Odeo
• 43things

The obvious benefit for us as consumers is the speed at which new web apps and services will be launched and tested ... exciting stuff.