# Re: How do you design your RoR web applications? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-design-your-ror-web-applications/114884 "2007-09-18T15:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Hi I can’t speak for anybody else, but this is how I do it. Design the model that reflects the requirements - generate either DDL or a migration file, create database tables. Generate the app and the scaffold. Populate the development database with test data, check CRUD functionality and connections. Create view(s) - .rhtml from the scaffold pages in the view directory - test to ensure functionality Replace the scaffold created actions with actions that suit the job better. These iterative cycles are moved around depending upon customer requirements and what makes sense at the time. In the main, I use either VI (for small applications) or Komodo/Aptana for larger ones. rhtml files are just normal html with some ruby code embedded, much like PHP/ASP/JSP/Perl generate templates. Quality assurance and control is created by using the built in testing framework that is generated by the Generators - these tests can be made to suit the application. The only other tips that I can give are get hold of Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd ed) by The Pragmatic Programmers, try it out for yourself and have fun. The book goes through a fairly comprehensive example that you can easily complete in a day, with the rest of the book going into a great amount of detail on all the features of the framework, including migrations, AJAX helper and form helpers, it is an indispensable reference for this development platform. HTH Clive