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Exist Ruby on Rails Projects

Some of our Ruby on Rails projects are cited below.

OurPatch.com.auOurPatch is a local business directory and classified ads system for Australia. It also features event calendars, forums, and employment ads.

SportsPassionSportsPassion is an online sports participant community website that allowed for amateur sports teams and participants to extend their passion for their sport in an online world.

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DevExA newsletter generator which is a web based tool automating the process of creation of newsletters. The tool can generate 6 types of newsletters done through Liquid and allows users to have access levels on certain features.

OrglinesOrglines is a simple, easy-to-use social networking platform that is particularly designed for corporate interactions among colleagues. It helps companies work better by providing employees with the means to clarify working relationships, track co-workers, manage assignments, share relevant information, and keep track of important happenings.

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Infinite.lyAllows you to build a universal fan page that aggregates all your content and activity streams from services such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Youtube. The end result is a fully branded fan page complete with all your online information.

MinglrMinglr is a social network network platform that brings all your social networks together.

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Case Study - Social Network Community Site3eepDevelopment of SportsPassion, a sports community website

Challenges

✴ 3eep, an architect of online social communities based out of Australia, wanted to build an online sports participant community for amateur sports teams and participants to extend their passion for their sport in an online world

✴ Recognizing the niche between dedicated team management solutions and social networks, it wanted to develop a site, which would enable sports aficionados to interact a lot easier with a lot more fun

✴ 3eep was looking for a solution that could be delivered rapidly, easy to maintain, and at the same time scalable enough to grow as the community grows and as the company included more features on the site

✴ Shifting business environments compelled flexible software solutions

Solution

✴ After collaborating for a solution to grab the market opportunity, the Exist team set out to create a sports social networking platform

✴ Ruby on Rails was used to accelerate development time✴ A small team of 3 worked on the first prototype that was delivered over a

period of three months using the agile software model; long term goals were defined in bi-monthly milestones while short term goals were defined to include bug fixes; small feature enhancements identified by the Exist QA team are released as short-term releases

✴ After the release of the initial prototype and having proved that the idea worked, Exist started a long-term development engagement with the customer building out the additional functions that the customer had envisaged

✴ The completed sports social networking platform provided components that included a community platform (blogging, forums, user management, groups, etc), team management and communication, clubs management, competition management and numerous small features

Results

✴ Initial launch of the social networking platform enabled 3eep to raise funding for further development of the sports community service

✴ 3eep applauds the Exist team for their commitment to quality and enthusiasm throughout the entire project, extending to even after project completion

"I'm very impressed with the way the Exist team worked with us during the entire project. Their commitment to quality, extending to even after the project has been completed, was always evident. Their attention to detail and enthusiasm contributed to SportsPassion’s success. Having

Exist as an innovation partner gave us an edge over other emerging tech companies in Australia."

-- Rob Antulov, CEO of 3eep

Ruby on Rails Experience

One of the early adopters of Ruby on Rails in Asia -- Exist started its practice in 2005 with a small team of developers building a lightweight bug-tracking system.

In 2008, the Exist Ruby on Rails team merged with Syndeo Labs to prove its commitment to being the unrivaled RoR software development services provider in Asia.

Some of the applications we’ve developed include:

✴ an employee management system that offers timekeeping and leave management

✴ a social networking platform for exchanging ideas through a structured debate system

✴ a social community service designed to encourage the composition and publication of short stories

✴ a social networking tool that defines relationships of members in an organization

✴ a Web 2.0 database development tool that allows members and stakeholders of an organization to develop the structure of a system's database via a wiki

✴ several interactive websites✴ and many more

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Case Study - Corporate Social Networking PlatformOrglinesDevelopment of an Enterprise 2.0 solution

Challenges

✴ Client wanted to build an Enterprise 2.0 solution that would drive and enhance collaboration

✴ Required a simple, easy-to-use social networking platform, modeled from the successes of emerging and popular social software platforms such as Facebook and Twitter

Solution

✴ A pod of 3-4 developers, an architect, and a project manager worked on the application, building it from ground up using Ruby on Rails and implementing an agile software model to deliver rapid iterations

✴ The application was written using Ruby on Rails✴ Orglines, the application, featured a dashboard which contains the latest

news about the organization, user action items with the position and responsibilities of the user, and a company directory which gives an alphabetical list of all members of a company along with their avatars, contact information, and their status (either online or offline)

✴ An added built-in security (access permissions) for company creation, user registration and creation of assignments was implemented in Orglines to eliminate the risk of information leakage, making it a very viable communication tool in corporate structures

Results

✴ The project was delivered and implemented successfully; it’s available at www.orglines.com

✴ In this social network platform, members are able to connect and collaborate easily with their co-workers, organize their tasks efficiently and become more productive

✴ Exist’s expertise in Ruby on Rails combined with its iterative and collaborative approach to development helped deliver a more powerful application faster

Ruby on Rails Expertise

In our Ruby on Rails projects, our team gained experience in / with:

✴ integration with common utilities such as Lucene, a Java back-end search engine

✴ using different e-commerce payment modules to enable payment options such as PayPal

✴ integration with popular social media / social community tools such as Del.icio.us and Digg

✴ Web 2.0 mashups using Google Maps and Flickr

✴ and many more

Each member of the RoR development team faithfully applies RoR principles such as Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY), which emphasizes code re-use and portability, and the belief that 'less is more,' which means building comprehensive features in just a few lines of well-written code.

Need to deliver a project rapidly?

Exist delivers powerful Ruby on Rails solutions so that you can capitalize on new opportunities, and even save on costs.

Visit www.exist.com for information about how we can help. Or contact us at sales@exist.com.

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Case Study - Newsletter GeneratorDevexDevelopment of an Enterprise 2.0 solution

Challenges

✴ Devex, a social enterprise that becomes the largest provider of business intelligence and recruitment services to the development community, needed an automation tool that would manage their newsletter creation easily to facilitate effective communication with its members.

✴ The company had been using a proprietary tool, but the tool lacks usability and flexibility.

✴ Create an efficient newsletter generator that can automatically extract content from the database to the newsletter template. 

Solution

✴ With Exist Agile Development Process as well as expertise in developments tools that bring results in a short time frame without sacrificing quality, Dexev chose Exist to develop their Newsletter Generator.

✴ A team of 3 developers (1 serving as team lead), 1 QA engineer and a Project Manager worked closely on the project with the customer. Together, both created detailed feature list and updates, using the agile SCRUM software development methodology. 

✴ The newsletter generator was a web based tool automating the process of creation of newsletters. 

✴ Currently, the tool can generate 6 types of newsletters done through Liquid and allows users to have access levels on certain features. Admin can create the template and set which sections of the newsletter are editable while other user can only use the template and create an actual newsletter from the template.

Results

✴ The working prototype was delivered in 1 month and final phase was accomplished for another 5 weeks. Exist team successfully accomplished the development on time and within the budget limits.

✴ Faster creation of newsletter resulting to more responsive communication with members.

Technologies Applied:✴ Ruby on Rails (RoR), MongoDB and Liquid

About Exist

Building on 10 years of software development experience, Exist helps companies deliver strategic business results, reduce costs, and increase the value of their IT investments.

With roots in Open Source and technology expertise in Java and Ruby on Rails, Exist has created products ranging from enterprise software to interactive web, iPhone and iPad applications to technology software solutions for companies, including start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, around the world.

A system integrator with end to end capabilities in delivering world-class software engineering services, Exist also provides cloud consulting, cloud delivery, as well as development automation services.

For additional info, visit www.exist.com.

Contact Information

Email: sales@exist.com

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