# Best way to create a web application from script

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607 "2009-06-05T21:30:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhderanek)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607/1 "2009-06-05T21:30:49Z")

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Over the past year I’ve written some testing scripts for the company I  
work for using Ruby and the Watir gem. I would now like to create a web  
page so that anyone in the company could use the script, but I’m having  
trouble deciding on how to approach it.

I’ve heard Rails is the way to go, but I’m not sure about that. I have  
the script working, I just need the webpage to interface with it, and I  
wonder if Rails might be too robust for this task. Also, I’ve looked at  
Nitro and Wee, but Nitro is no longer being supported and Wee has scant  
documentation.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhderanek)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607/2 "2009-06-05T22:02:06Z")

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Hal Deranek wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions?

Sinatra - definitely. Extremely easy to bolt on to existing code.

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**Author:** ![rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhderanek)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607/3 "2009-06-06T00:06:32Z")

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Brian C. wrote:

> Hal Deranek wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Sinatra - definitely. Extremely easy to bolt on to existing code.

Seconded. Sinatra has a minimum of framework baggage.

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**Author:** ![rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhderanek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhderanek)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-create-a-web-application-from-script/169607/4 "2009-06-06T00:44:43Z")

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Hal Deranek wrote:

> Over the past year I’ve written some testing scripts for the company I  
> work for using Ruby and the Watir gem. I would now like to create a web  
> page so that anyone in the company could use the script, but I’m having  
> trouble deciding on how to approach it.
> 
> I’ve heard Rails is the way to go, but I’m not sure about that. I have  
> the script working, I just need the webpage to interface with it, and I  
> wonder if Rails might be too robust for this task. Also, I’ve looked at  
> Nitro and Wee, but Nitro is no longer being supported and Wee has scant  
> documentation.

Ramaze took up where Nitro (a terrific framework) left off, and has  
continued to rock as a a powerful, modular Web framework. It’s  
designed to grow with you.

> Does anyone have any suggestions?

Jump in with Ramaze. Got questions, go to #ramaze on freenode IRC for  
one of the most responsive communities around.

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James B.

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