# Introduction to Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/introduction-to-ruby/144295>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/introduction-to-ruby/144295 "2008-07-28T12:03:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajat_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/introduction-to-ruby/144295/1 "2008-07-28T12:03:23Z")

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Hi Everybody,

I am novice at Ruby and definitely not a programmer. Basically a sales  
guy, i am with this web 2.0 company which is into Drupal and RoR web  
development.

I think RoR is fantastic because of reasons purely unknown to me. But  
the kind of feedback… that i have been getting… from fellow  
developers is exhilarating.

BTW - i dont whether i am right… and if not please correct… i fail  
to extract any useful instruction which can help me in highlighting  
the use of RoR from the user’s perspective. I have been updating  
content on RoR and couldnt find a comprehensive place where i can find  
good marketing materials.

Is it difficult for any person to convince to switch their site to  
RoR.

Also is there a way by which we can generate leads of RoR projects  
since we are finding it very difficult to have those.

Please let me know how this sounds.

Best,

Rajat

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**Author:** ![Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajat_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/introduction-to-ruby/144295/2 "2008-07-28T13:19:02Z")

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If you’re not a programmer, and you don’t have any rails programmers  
working with you, then i don’t think your potential clients SHOULD  
switch to rails.

From the point of view of the web user, rails has no advantage over any  
other method of making a web site: the end result is the same. However,  
from the point of view of the client, ie the person paying the developer  
to make a site for them, rails is a very agile method, which means that  
they can a) see something up and running relatively quickly and b) have  
changes implemented relatively quickly. You should be able to find  
articles on the net singing the praises of rails as a development  
method.

However, rails code doesn’t write itself - you’ll need some programmers.

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**Author:** ![Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rajat\_Gupta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajat_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/introduction-to-ruby/144295/3 "2008-07-28T17:07:10Z")

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RoR is a web development framework not a tool that can be used by end  
users and non developers.  
A web framework is a collection of development tools and libraries,  
that can be used to create a web application or website.  
Ruby is the language used to develop on top of the RoR framework, it  
is also the language used to create it

Drupal is a CMS content managment system, which can used or better  
said configured and administred by non developers to server a specific  
group content management needs. Also note that the word content in the  
context of drupal means website content, like articles, blogs, forums,  
etc … in other words the type of content you will find on a website.

From you mail i see you have a long way to go and a lot to learn and  
learn about, i recommend you spend more time researching online before  
going to mailing lists