# Re: what is the best non-rails web/ruby development environm

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970 "2006-09-08T06:36:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970/1 "2006-09-08T06:36:55Z")

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From: Edward [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]

> How do most of your develop non-rails ruby webs locally?  
> (I’ll get into rails later, I want to get the basics of Ruby down  
> first.)

I mentioned ruby-web in another response. I thought I’d also mention  
that it’s quite convenient to pair it with SQLite (as my coworker did)  
for simple, fast DB transactions without having to install a full RDBMS.

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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970/2 "2006-09-08T12:57:58Z")

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On 9/7/06, Gavin K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> From: Edward [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]
> 
> > How do most of your develop non-rails ruby webs locally?  
> > (I’ll get into rails later, I want to get the basics of Ruby down  
> > first.)
> 
> I mentioned ruby-web in another response. I thought I’d also mention that it’s quite convenient to pair it with SQLite (as my coworker did) for simple, fast DB transactions without having to install a full RDBMS.

# Ruby Web: [http://ruby-web.org/](http://ruby-web.org/) + SQLite3: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby/) + ArrayFields: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/arrayfields/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/arrayfields/)

ftw.

-Harold