Ruby on Rails: Rich, Powerful Applications In a Fraction of 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 lower costs, 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 866.882.7215 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.

To find out how we can help you leverage technology and make it easy to use, Contact Us or give us a call at 866.484.2609.

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

Learn more about:

Flex, Flash and Air

Ajax and Rich Internet Applications

Ruby on Rails

.Net Development

Java and J2EE

Facebook and Open Social Applications

Rails Prescriptions

by Noel Rappin Director, Pathfinder Development Ruby on Rails Practice

Rails Test Prescriptions is a comprehensive guide to testing your Rails application, covering both the mechanics of writing tests and the style for writing good and useful tests.
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.
Real World Ajax: Secrets of the Masters

contributions by Dietrich Kappe Chief Technology Officer, Pathfinder Development

Aimed at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to start understanding the basics of AJAX.
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Automated Compliance Management

Rich Internet Application that allows supervisory personnel to manage contractor workforce requirements through a single, easy-to-use web-based application, developed in Ruby on Rails.
Hedge Fund Analytics

Extensible Flex-based platform for real time analysis of hedge fund performance data.
3D Flex Data Visualization

3D Visualization of flight tracking and meteorological readings, using Flex, Papervision 3D, and Yahoo and Google mapping APIs.
Touch Screen Kiosk

Touch screen kiosks with interactive mapping, video and onscreen keyboard, developed in Adobe Flex and Air.
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