We’re big fans of Ruby on Rails here at Store Crowd, we’re using it ourselves in alpha development. We thought it’d be great to honor all the great ROR websites out there online to show you some of the power & possibility this amazing language has.
Twitter – Social Networking
Yellow Pages – Online Directory
Scribd – Document Sharing
Hulu – Tv & Video Streaming
Blinksale – Online Invoicing
Crunchbase – Company Profiler
Justin.tv – Live Video Streaming
Slideshare – Presentation Sharing
Medhelp – Social Health Community
Funny Or Die – Video Humor Website
Github – Social Coding
Odeo – TV Streaming
Jango – Music/Internet Radio
Mog – Music Newspaper
43Places – Social Destination Sharing
43Things – Social Todo Lists
Lighthouse – Bug/Issue Tracking
Shopify – Hosted Ecommerce Solutions
Kongregate – Flash Games
iLike – Music Social Network
Streeteasy – New York Real Estate
A List Apart – Online Design Magazine
MTV Style – Fashion/Design Portal
Jobster – Job Board
Icon Buffet – Stock Icons
Get Satisfaction – Customer Feedback
Soundcloud – Music Sharing
Crazy Egg – Analytics/Visualisation
Teenormous – T-Shirts
Searchles – Social Search
Pitchfork – Music Reviews
Userscripts – Browser Addons
JobScore – Job Marketing Platform
Corkd – Wine Social Network
Customize – Desktop Customisation
Chow – Food & Recipes
CourseAdvisor – College Search
Ziki – Business to Business Marketplace
Spock – People Search
Penny Arcade – Online Comic
Geni – Family Tree/Genealogy Network
Blingee – Social Network Glitter Graphics
RedBubble – Social Art Community
Highrise – Lead Tracking / CRM
Fanpop – Fan Clubs
Campfire – Business Group Chat
Onehub – Online Collaboration
Gist – Social Email
Rate my Area – Social Mapping Network
Smart.fm – Lists
Update: Removed Linkedin (Ruby was used for their Bumper Sticker App tho), Last.fm & Aboutus.org based on feedback. Thanks guys.
If you enjoyed this post & want to get hands on with Rails yourself check out our followup post with the Top 50 Ruby on Rails Tutorials to get started with.
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