Padrino (web framework)
Padrino is a free and open-source web framework, written in Ruby and based on Sinatra.[2][3] It is an alternative to other Ruby web frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Merb, Nitro and Camping. It is dependent on the Rack web server interface.
| Original author(s) | Nathan Esquenazi, Davide D'Agostino, Arthur Chiu, Joshua Hull | 
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| Developer(s) | Nathan Esquenazi, Davide D'Agostino, Arthur Chiu, Joshua Hull, Uchio Kondo, Darío Javier Cravero, Florian Gilcher | 
| Stable release | |
| Repository | Padrino Repository | 
| Written in | Ruby | 
| Operating system | Cross-platform | 
| Type | Web framework | 
| License | MIT License | 
| Website | www | 
Padrino was created and open-sourced in 2010. The framework was created by Nathan Esquenazi, Davide D'Agostino and Arthur Chiu based on the prior sinatra_more gem. The framework was created in order to extend Sinatra to more easily support rich web applications.
Features
    
This is a list of major functionality Padrino provides on top of Sinatra:[4]
- Agnostic: Full support for many popular testing, templating, mocking, and database libraries.
 - Generators: Create Padrino applications, models, controllers i.e.: padrino g project.
 - Mountable: Unlike other Ruby frameworks, principally designed for mounting multiple apps.
 - Routing: Full url named routes, named params, respond_to support, before/after filter support.
 - Tag Helpers: View helpers such as: tag, content_tag, input_tag.
 - Asset Helpers: View helpers such as: link_to, image_tag, javascript_include_tag.
 - Form Helpers: Builder support such as: form_tag, form_for, field_set_tag, text_field.
 - Text Helpers: Useful formatting like: relative_time_ago, js_escape_html, sanitize_html.
 - Mailer: Fast and simple delivery support for sending emails (akin to ActionMailer).
 - Admin: Built-in Admin interface (like Django).
 - Logging: Provide a unified logger that can interact with your ORM or any library.
 - Reloading: Automatically reloads server code during development.
 - Localization: Full support of I18n
 
Note that as a user of Padrino, each of the major components can be pulled in separately to an existing Sinatra application or they can be used together for a comprehensive upgrade to Sinatra (a full-stack Padrino application).
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Release 0.15.3". 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
 - "Padrino: A Webapp Framework Wrapped Around Sinatra".
 - "#27: Padrino Ruby Web Framework - Changelog". changelog.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04.
 - "'padrino' tag wiki".
 
