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Padrino – Ruby web framework

Padrino is a Ruby web framework built upon the Sinatra web library. This framework can be used with ease for web development for a project of any size from your lightweight JSON web service to a large full-stack web application.

It was created to make it fun and easy to code more advanced web applications while still adhering to the spirit that makes Sinatra great!

Padrino is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Admin interface:
    • ORM/ODM – adapters for datamapper, activerecord, sequel, mongomapper, mongoid.
    • Authentication – account authentication support and permission management.
    • Template – view support for Erb and Haml rendering engines.
    • Scaffold – dreate a model “admin interface” by invoking a command
  • Full support for many popular testing, templating, mocking, and database libraries.
  • Create Padrino applications, models, controllers, admin.
  • Principally designed for mounting multiple apps.
  • Full url named routes, named params, respond_to support, before/after filter support.
  • Different helpers for generating tags, forms, links, images, and more.
  • Fast and simple support for delivering emails.
  • Simple route and fragment caching to easily speed up your web requests.
  • Provides a unified logger that can interact with your ORM or any library of your choice.
  • Automatically reloads server code during development.
  • Internationalization support – translating for 10 languages.

Website: padrinorb.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Padrino
License: MIT License

Padrino is written in Ruby. Learn Ruby with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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