I have once again fleshed out Ruby, after two years of not touching it, and am considering programming for the web with Ruby. However, I have found that the Ruby on Rails framework is just too large and bloated for my taste. It is usually a matter of preference, but in my case, I just want to be able to program on the web without having to worry about structuring my code with a framework similar to RoR.
When programming for the web with Ruby, should I be using a framework? Is it recommended? If you could recommend a simple one, which would it be?
Thanks.
Even if you use no framework or a very light weight one, you will notice that when your application grows, you’ll try to replicate existing features of Rails or other MVC frameworks to solve your challenges. By the end of the day, you’ll still end up with a heavy weight framework whichever path you take.