Rich, Powerful Applications In Half the Time

Ruby on Rails, often referred to as Rails, is an open source web project that couples the Ruby programming language with the Rails web application framework. It is ideally suited for creating customer-facing web applications and its growing popularity is due to its ability to speed development while enriching user experience.

The Pathfinder Rails team includes leading authors, experts and thought leaders in Ruby on Rails. Our experience enables us to rapidly deliver proven solutions to our clients.

What does that mean for you? It translates into faster time-to-market and quality software applications that are easy to use.

Ready to get started? Contact us or give us a call at 866-484-2610 for a professional quote on your Rails project.

Why Rails?

Rails is a full-stack web application development framework that lets you develop rich, powerful applications in a fraction of the time it takes with .NET and J2EE. Rails is “opinionated software”; it has strong opinions about how web applications should be developed. These “opinions” are what allow for Rails’ amazing productivity—if your web application is a nail, then Rails is a highly efficient hammer. With Rails, your applications will be:

Web 2.0 enabled, with the Rich Internet Application power of Ajax.
Able to hit aggressive time-to-market targets.
Able to leverage Web Services and SOA.
Developed to web application standards and best practices.
Fully unit and integration tested, using the Rails TDD tools and approach.

Rails introduces radical productivity improvements and follows mantras like “Convention over Configuration,” “If It’s Not Tested; It’s Broken” and “Don’t Repeat Yourself.” These may sound like pithy quotes but they are at the heart of why Rails has been able to deliver such outstanding results.

Why Pathfinder?

Pathfinder provides Rails expertise plus so much more. The Pathfinder team also includes leading experts in Agile Development, Ajax, Web 2.0 and User Experience Design. Our expertise in Agile development and user centered design will ensure your Rails project meets your users needs and delivers value quickly.

We have a proven track record of delivering quality software solutions, on-time and on-budget. Over 80% of our clients engage us again and again because we deliver results and business value. Small startups and Fortune 50 firms alike have all capitalized on our know-how and skills to enable business breakthroughs and competitive advantage.

Looking for results?

When you partner with Pathfinder, you will find an ally that understands your business and brings proven industry experience to jump start your project and ensure that it runs smoothly and finishes on time.

Let us put our experience to work for you. Give us a call at 866-484-2610 or send an email to rails@pathf.com to discuss your specific situation and how we can help you.

Want more information?

Check out Noel Rappin’s newest book: ‘Professional Ruby on Rails’.

Read Pathfinder’s thought leadership articles on the business benefits of Ruby on Rails:

Ruby on Rails: Everyone’s talking about it. Are you?

Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Applications with Facebook and Ruby on Rails

Read Noel Rappin’s “Developing iPhone applications using Ruby on Rails and Eclipse’ series on IBM developerWorks:

Part 1: Serving content for iPhones

Part 2: Displaying iPhone content to the client

Learn more about our Rails iUI Open Source project:

Rails Plug-in for the iPhone

Contact Us Now to Jumpstart your Project

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“Pathfinder delivered what we needed, when we needed it. Everything was done on time and quality was never compromised. We were impressed with Pathfinder’s hard work, commitment and exceptional project management. Our experience with Pathfinder was much different than with previous consulting firms. Thank you for doing such a great job. It was a pleasure working with you.”

Sue Brauns – Software Development Manager Haemonetics Software Solutions, Inc.

Professional Ruby on Rails

by Noel Rappin Director, Pathfinder Development Ruby on Rails Practice

This book bridges the gap between what you’ll learn from a typical beginner book and what you’ll need to know to create a solid, professional, spectacular web application.
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