Exploring Merb

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A compact Ruby web framework that rewrites request parsing for thread safety, keeps the core tiny and plugin-driven, and locks only around ActiveRecord calls to reduce contention. Claims include 600,000 uploads a day at a production site using streaming to S3, a tiny router implemented in ~300 lines, a 1.5 ms hello world dispatch time, and benchmarked dispatch of ~600–700 req/s (event Mongrel ~1,200). Current release is 0.3.7 with 0.4 planned to freeze core and push features to plugins.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:33Hello World Example
3. 6:23Merge Routes
4. 7:18Key Differences in How You Work in a Merv Application
5. 8:29Part Controllers
6. 10:14Controller Exceptions
7. 10:54App Exceptions
8. 12:37Current Status of Merb
9. 14:41Irc Channel
10. 16:42Profiling Optimizations
11. 17:26Why Why Not Work on Rails Instead of Making a New Framework
12. 29:34Layouts
13. 31:34Data Mapper
14. 34:40Mailer Controllers

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