When we begin to build out the ExhibitFiles website later this Fall we’ll be using Ruby on Rails. Currently there’s a great deal of excitement surrounding this open-source web framework. We began exploring the possiblity of using it several months ago, and the more we’ve learned about Rails the more excited we are about the prospect of using it.

One of our developers, Zeke Sikelianos, recently attended the RailsConf 2006 in Chicago. He wrote a long post about the conference on the Ideum blog that details some of his experiences there. As the process continues, we’ll share more about Rails and other technical aspects of the project.