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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bypass-public-html-and-go-straight-to-a-controller-or-not/107343 "2007-06-20T18:58:15Z")\
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**Author:**  [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bypass-public-html-and-go-straight-to-a-controller-or-not/107343/1 "2007-06-20T18:58:15Z")
I’m wondering what the general consensus is for utilizing Apache for the
static content and only using Mongrel/WEBrick/etc for the Ruby code.
From
the resource perspective, it’s a rather obvious choice. From the
development perspective, it’s not so clear. I personally don’t care to
have
Apache on my development machine and enjoy the flexibility of developing
my
projects across multiple computers. To develop, all I need to do is
checkout my code from Subversion and start a Mongrel instance. No
Apache
config, etc. My application is right there, complete, and ready to
roll.
If I had the Apache layer, I’d need to spend time configuring that.
What I generally do is create a “home” or “welcome” controller that
simply
drives pages like about us, contact, directions, etc. All of the URL
mappings are done in the routes file.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
–
Chris S.
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid
[http://www.compiledmonkey.com](http://www.compiledmonkey.com)
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**Author:**  [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bypass-public-html-and-go-straight-to-a-controller-or-not/107343/2 "2007-06-20T19:05:15Z")
> What I generally do is create a “home” or “welcome” controller that simply
> drives pages like about us, contact, directions, etc. All of the URL
> mappings are done in the routes file.
>
> What are your thoughts on this subject?
Why do you need apache for development? Mongrel will serve up static
files
and Rails just fine…
I used to develop “mongrel only” quite a bit. I don’t now, but that’s
for
reason completely outside of this…
-philip