Volt is a slick, new Ruby web framework that aims to blur the line between client and server code. The basic idea behind the framework is that you can write your client-side code (which is usually Javascript) in Ruby using Opal, a Ruby runtime within Javascript. In addition, Volt provides some nice ways to relay data between the client-side and the server-side. If you've used Meteor before, Volt is a very similar idea, but there are many portions of Meteor which Volt doesn't have. I think Volt has some real potential. As web apps become more and more client-side heavy, it is a pain to have to switch mental context between Javascript and Ruby. It's even more of a pain to figure out how to flow simple pieces of data between the client and server. Volt can help you get there quickly.
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by Dhaivat Pandya via SitePoint
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