Ruby Glossary
Browse 13 ruby terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
13 Ruby Terms
- Active Record
- Active Record is an object-relational mapping (ORM) design pattern where a database row is wrapped in a class instance, and that object carries both the data...
- Autoload
- A mechanism that automatically loads class or module files on demand when they are first referenced, eliminating the need for explicit require/include...
- Block
- In Ruby, an anonymous chunk of code enclosed in do...end or curly braces that can be passed to a method and executed via yield — acting as a lightweight...
- Gem
- A packaged Ruby library or application distributed via RubyGems, Ruby's package manager. A Gemfile (managed by Bundler) declares a project's gem dependencies...
- Jekyll
- A static-site generator that turns templates and content files into a publishable website, long associated with GitHub Pages.
- Proc
- In Ruby, a Proc (short for procedure) is an object that encapsulates a block of code, which can be stored in a variable, passed to methods, and called later....
- Rack
- A Ruby web server interface specification that defines a minimal contract: an application is any object that responds to call(env) and returns a [status,...
- Rails
- Ruby on Rails — a full-stack web application framework that emphasizes convention over configuration, DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself), and developer happiness....
- Rake
- Ruby Make — a build automation tool written in Ruby that uses a Rakefile to define tasks with dependencies. The standard task runner for Ruby and Rails...
- Ruby Gem
- A packaged library or application distributed through RubyGems.org, Ruby's standard package manager. Each gem contains code, metadata, and a gemspec file....
- Ruby Gems
- The ecosystem of packaged Ruby libraries and applications distributed as gems, along with the conventions and tooling for publishing and installing them. The...
- Ruby on Rails
- A full-stack web application framework written in Ruby that follows the Model-View-Controller pattern and emphasizes convention over configuration. Rails...
- Symbol
- An immutable, unique primitive value used as an identifier — in JavaScript, Symbols are globally unique keys that avoid property name collisions; in Ruby and...
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