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From: Konstantin Haase <k.haase@finn.de>
To: rack-devel@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: difference between normal rails application and rack application
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:17:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FD4790CF-4E00-48B8-83A2-D6E642DBA7B7@finn.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f15d3c79-9992-4a39-8242-cd2ed9827f2a@m6g2000prh.googlegroups.com>

There is no difference. As of Rails 2.3, Rails applications are Rack applications. Rack is the library Rails uses to communicate with the web server.
If you are considering wether to use Rack "instead" of Rails, you probably should just stay with Rails.

Konstantin

On Aug 18, 2011, at 06:34 , Uma Mahesh Nyros wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am new to rack. I have few baisc questions on it.
> 
> Can I know the difference between normal rails application and rack
> application.? What are the uses of rack application? Why we need to
> use rack application ?
> 
> 
> Thank You,
> Uma Mahesh.
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-18  7:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-18  4:34 difference between normal rails application and rack application Uma Mahesh Nyros
2011-08-18  7:17 ` Konstantin Haase [this message]
2011-08-18  7:34 ` aslak hellesoy
2011-08-18  9:09   ` Uma Mahesh Nyros

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