WEBrick
Encyclopedia
WEBrick is a Ruby
library providing simple HTTP web server
services. WEBrick was primarily written by Masayoshi Takahashi and Yuuzou Gotou, with contributions from other developers via the open source
model of software development. The server also provides code for simple server services other than HTTP.
It is used by the Ruby on Rails
framework to test applications in a development environment. Despite its popularity, WEBrick has gained some notoriety since the code is somewhat undocumented.
Ruby (programming language)
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was first developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto...
library providing simple HTTP web server
Web server
Web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
services. WEBrick was primarily written by Masayoshi Takahashi and Yuuzou Gotou, with contributions from other developers via the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
model of software development. The server also provides code for simple server services other than HTTP.
It is used by the Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language.-History:...
framework to test applications in a development environment. Despite its popularity, WEBrick has gained some notoriety since the code is somewhat undocumented.