Robby on Rails: Injecting Rails into your Legacy Worldthoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-06T15:29:37-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:933fe98f-3052-479c-b5ed-2de10c1e7c062006-09-06T15:26:00-04:002006-09-06T15:29:37-04:00Injecting Rails into your Legacy World<p>Many of you know that I have an unhealthy obsession with databases… in particular <em>legacy</em> databases. I’m <a href="http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Tech/Ruby/ActiveRecordAndLegacyDatabases.rdoc">not the only one it seems</a>. :-)</p>
<p>I’m hoping to compile a few stories of how Rails enthusiasts have been able to take advantage of the Ruby on Rails framework within a Legacy environment, whether that be to talk with legacy databases, web services, or a piece of cauliflower. If you have a story (good or bad) of how you used Rails with a legacy system, please <a href="mailto:robby@planetargon.com">email me</a> and let’s talk. :-)</p>
<p>Also, I would like to announce that I have started a new google group that focuses on the topic of using Rails with legacy environments. Check out the new <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-legacy">Rails and Legacy group</a>.</p>
<p>If you’re down in California, you can see my talk, “Rails meets the Legacy World” at the <a href="http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/">Ruby on Rails Seminar</a>, which is being hosted at the <a href="http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/">AJAXWorld Conference & Expo</a>.</p><p>Many of you know that I have an unhealthy obsession with databases… in particular <em>legacy</em> databases. I’m <a href="http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Tech/Ruby/ActiveRecordAndLegacyDatabases.rdoc">not the only one it seems</a>. :-)</p>
<p>I’m hoping to compile a few stories of how Rails enthusiasts have been able to take advantage of the Ruby on Rails framework within a Legacy environment, whether that be to talk with legacy databases, web services, or a piece of cauliflower. If you have a story (good or bad) of how you used Rails with a legacy system, please <a href="mailto:robby@planetargon.com">email me</a> and let’s talk. :-)</p>
<p>Also, I would like to announce that I have started a new google group that focuses on the topic of using Rails with legacy environments. Check out the new <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-legacy">Rails and Legacy group</a>.</p>
<p>If you’re down in California, you can see my talk, “Rails meets the Legacy World” at the <a href="http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/">Ruby on Rails Seminar</a>, which is being hosted at the <a href="http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/">AJAXWorld Conference & Expo</a>.</p>