19.4. Web Development with Nitro
Nitro is a web application development toolkit. Although Nitro, along with its ORM companion Og, is well-suited for constructing conventional MVC-style applications, its intended design affords a variety of architectures.
The simplest way to install Nitro is to use rubygems. The Nitro gem has a small number of dependencies that you will also need to install (og, redcloth, and a few others).
gem install nitro --include-dependencies
At the time of writing, the latest release was Nitro 0.31.0. As you might expect, the API and libraries are still shifting. Also know that the overview given here just scratches the surface of what Nitro can do.
19.4.1. Creating a Basic Nitro Application
Nitro is often used with Og, ...
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