# Website Examples/Is it that easy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 2, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803 "2008-01-02T19:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/1 "2008-01-02T19:28:13Z")
Hi Folks, Does anyone have a list of websites developed with RoR? I just read some discouraging real world news from ZMag who tried to redo their website with RoR. I think their previous site was done in PHP. See question 2. [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626](http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626) No flames, please, just looking for some perspective. Thanks, Rick ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/2 "2008-01-02T21:17:55Z")
I think they answered the question for you: “they failed to master Ruby” I think with Ruby and RoR you really do have to understand what you are doing. I’m not sure of the complexity of the project, but I would hate to think that a team would adopt a new technology without doing some sort of pilot project first to understand the technology they are using. I know from my experience, the second project I was a lot different from my first self-initiated one. One of the strengths of RoR is the “convention over configuration” so it allows to get started quickly with out having to jump through hopes to do simple things. But it won’t design a good domain model for you etc. The technology could be used as an escape goat too. A lot easier to assign blame to a technology that cannot answer back 🙂 Here’s a list of high profile applications running RoR: [http://www.rubyonrails.com/applications](http://www.rubyonrails.com/applications) ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/3 "2008-01-02T22:05:11Z")
gemblon (t.b.) wrote: > rnew wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > **[Ruby on Rails](https://rubyonrails.org)** > > A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/4 "2008-01-02T22:01:41Z")
rnew wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Does anyone have a list of websites developed with RoR? > > I just read some discouraging real world news from ZMag who tried to > redo their website with RoR. I think their previous site was done in > PHP. > > See question 2. > > [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626](http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626) > > No flames, please, just looking for some perspective. > > Thanks, > > Rick dang, zmag gives me jrun errors. also, they could have went CAKEphp so i confused. but a company called [searchles.com](http://searchles.com) that is doing a google thing with a twist, did a conversion from java to ror in 30 days, according to the lead developer. they runnning on mac mini’s in a room. usually, if you are trying to change techniques, you need some guidance, or pilot projects, like that other guy said. ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/5 "2008-01-03T00:01:03Z")
On 1/2/08, rnew [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626](http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=4&ItemID=14626) > > No flames, please, just looking for some perspective. The part that makes me laugh at is the $60K figure combined with the plural “programmers”. So two (or possibly more) programmer’s salaries, combined for 15 months, totals less than $60K? Much like everything else in life, you get what you pay for. – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/6 "2008-01-03T03:25:23Z")
rnew wrote: > Thanks very much for all the feedback and links to the applications. > > Rick you might want to look at cakePHP also, if you are worried about ruby/rails. same type deal and thinking. to each his own. i do ROR but options are nice. ---
**Author:** ![rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rnew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rnew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website-examples-is-it-that-easy/124803/7 "2008-01-03T02:57:12Z")
Thanks very much for all the feedback and links to the applications. Rick