# Any application examples?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821 "2008-05-28T03:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alby)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821/1 "2008-05-28T03:05:40Z")

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I’m curious about Rails.

But I couldn’t find sample, or real, applications. Just so I can see how  
it “looks”.

Where can I download some apps? Whatever subject, and they don’t  
actually have to work.

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**Author:** ![alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alby)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821/2 "2008-05-28T04:01:35Z")

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Look at the survey here:  
[February | 2008 | Rails Example Applications](http://originblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/)  
Especially the ones at the bottom of this posts:  
[Survey of Rails Example Applications | Rails Example Applications](http://originblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/standing-on-others-toes/)

Open Source Rails  
[http://www.opensourcerails.com/](http://www.opensourcerails.com/)  
is excellent. And the Gitorious code  
[http://gitorious.org/projects/gitorious](http://gitorious.org/projects/gitorious)  
is production-quality by the strong dogfood principle

Cheers,  
flip

On May 27, 8:05 pm, Albert S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alby)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821/3 "2008-05-28T14:15:50Z")

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Hi Albert,

Albert S. wrote:

> Where can I download some apps? Whatever  
> subject, and they don’t actually have to work.

I can point you to a few. I’m sure there are probably others. The  
Instant  
Rails download contains a couple of sample apps. The code developed in  
“Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited” and “Cookin’ with Ruby on Rails”  
series I did for O’Reilly is available for download at

> **[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](https://www.oreilly.com)**
>
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integration-tests.html?page=7 The major difference between that app and  
the  
one that ships with Instant Rails is tests. Finally, I just open  
sourced an  
app I built for the Healthcare space which is at  
[http://rubyforge.org/projects/ccredit](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ccredit). All of the above are functional  
on  
Rails 1.2.x, not Rails 2.x.

HTH,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alby)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-application-examples/138821/4 "2008-05-28T14:47:52Z")

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On 28 May 2008, at 02:05, Albert S. wrote:

> I’m curious about Rails.
> 
> But I couldn’t find sample, or real, applications. Just so I can see  
> how  
> it “looks”.
> 
> Where can I download some apps? Whatever subject, and they don’t  
> actually have to work.

You could have a look at mephisto  
([GitHub - technoweenie/mephisto: dead :( think of this as a museum.](http://github.com/technoweenie/mephisto/tree/master)  
)

Fred