WABuR (Web Application Builder using Ruby) ↑

WABuR is a Web Application Builder using Ruby. It is easy to use, taking just a minute to create a Hello World web application and it is FAST, hitting over 200,000 fetches a second with a Ruby core! It employs a modern NoSQL JSON data store and a single-page UI using JavaScript.

It is pluggable and extendable in many ways to allow new additions, alternative databases, and any number of UIs.

Quick Start ↑

With WABuR you are up and running in minutes with only one file to modify to specify attributes. It doesn't get any simpler. Heres how.

Install the wabur gem.

$ gem install wabur

Create a new project and cd into the directory.

$ wabur new --base blog Entry
$ cd blog

Define attributes for the data elements along with the attributes that will be displayed in a list view. Open lib/ui_controller.rb and modify by adding two lines and changing one.

require 'wab/ui'

class UIController < WAB::UI::MultiFlow

  def initialize(shell)
    super
    add_flow(WAB::UI::RestFlow.new(shell,
                                   {
                                     kind: 'Entry',
                                     title: '',
                                     content: "\n\n\n\n",
                                   }, ['$ref', 'title']))
  end
end

Just run the wabur command from inside the project directory. Open localhost:6363 in a browser.

$ wabur

Want to know more? A tutorial is available in the tutorial directory. It takes a couple of minutes to go through the first lesson.

WABuR Benchmarks ↑

<img src=“pages/setup.svg” width=“400”> <table> <tr><td><img src=“pages/throughput.svg” width=“400”></td><td><img src=“pages/latency.svg” width=“400”></td></tr> </table>

| Runner | Read Throughput | Read Latency | Create Throughput | Create Latency | Setup time | | ————- | ————— | ———— | —————– | ————– | ———- | | WAB Pure Ruby | 2.8K Reads/sec | 1.4 msecs | 2.2K Creates/sec | 1.8 msecs | 1 minute | | OpO-Rub | 212K Reads/sec | 0.09 msecs | 134K Creates/sec | 0.15 msecs | 1 minute | | OpO Direct | 364K Reads/sec | 0.05 msecs | 157K Creates/sec | 0.13 msecs | 1 minute | | Ruby on Rails | 123 Reads/sec | 175 msecs | —- Creates/sec | —- msecs | 20 minutes | | Sinatra | 1.5K Reads/sec | 13 msecs | —- Creates/sec | —- msecs | 60 minutes |

More interested in the benchmarks? Then take a look at the benchmarks page.

Where to use WABuR ↑

WABuR takes a different approach which opens up new possibilities for uses of Ruby. Some examples that WABuR is suitable for are:

Rails ↑

A natural question is “What about Rails?”. Rails is well established and has a huge user base. WABuR is not a replacement for Rails. It is an alternative for those who want to explore using JSON databases with a single-page dynamic JavaScript UI.

Participate and Contribute ↑

If you like the idea and want to help out, or become a core developer on the project, send me an email. Get in on the ground floor and lets make something awesome together.

Guidelines ↑

These are the simple guidelines for contributing.

  1. Take a look at the architecture page and the source code.

  2. Coordinate with me first before getting started to avoid duplication of effort or implementing something in conflict with the plans.

  3. Branch off the develop branch and submit a PR.

  4. Write unit tests.

  5. Write straight forward, clean, and simple code. No magic stuff, no monkey patching Ruby core classes, and no inheriting from core classes.