VoltWhat is Volt?
Volt is a ruby web framework where your ruby code runs on both the server and the client (via opal.) The DOM automatically update as the user interacts with the page. Page state can be stored in the URL, if the user hits a URL directly, the HTML will first be rendered on the server for faster load times and easier indexing by search engines.
Volt is a tool in the Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Instead of syncing data between the client and server via HTTP, volt uses a persistent connection between the client and serverWhen data is updated on one client, it is updated in the database and any other listening clients (with almost no setup code needed)Pages HTML is written in a handlebars like template languageVolt uses data flow/reactive programming to automatically and intelligently propagate changes to the DOM (or anything other code wanting to know when a value updates)
Volt Pros & Cons
Pros of Volt
- ✓Handlebars
- ✓Holy Grail (Server-Client)
- ✓Open source
- ✓Reactive Web Framework
- ✓Rich web applications
- ✓Ruby client side
- ✓WebSockets
- ✓Real Time
- ✓Fantabulous
- ✓Great Ruby Gems
Cons of Volt
No cons listed yet.
Volt Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Volt?
Node.js
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Django
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
ASP.NET
.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries for building many different types of applications.
Laravel
It is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.
