Glossary
We're tech geeks and we're very proud.
If you're having trouble understanding our lingo, you may reconsider this position, but we believe you'll catch on quickly.
For your convenience, we've collected a glossary of common vocabulary:
- Ruby: the primary programming language we use for our apps
- Rails: a framework built in Ruby
- Model: the rules of interaction with a corresponding database table
- Views: provides data to the web browser for presetnation
- Controllers: processes incoming requests from the browser, interrogates the models for data, and passes that data to the views
- REST: Representational State Transfer
- DRY: Don't Repeat Yourself
- RVM: Ruby Version Manager
- MRI: Mat'z Ruby Interpreter
- IRB: Interactive Ruby
- hackathon: a meetup, with the team for collaborative programming, usually hosted for 16 hours on Saturdays at The LAB Miami