Heroku is an interesting Rails developer startup.

The open beta testing was launched by the incubator Y Combinator - Heroku , which has been in closed testing since October last year, as well as more detailed information on how this startup will simplify the process of developing and launching projects using Ruby on Rails ( further RoR).

The Heroku project has two suggestions. The first proposal is that they provide a development environment for projects on RoR, to work with which you only need a browser, which saves you from having to use third-party software products intended for programming on RoR. Compared to other languages, the restrictions imposed by Ruby and RoR can be more complicated than just installing and configuring. Heroku want to provide, both professionals and beginners, the possibility of seamless development using only a PC with a browser.

The second proposal of Heroku, information about which appeared on their website today, will allow developers using Heroku to not only develop their applications using the project, but also to host (host) them, as well as to scale (scale). Heroku uses Amazon Web Services to scale the projects they host, and plan as an additional opportunity to charge for the amount of consumed power from paid users using this service. Even if you do not want to develop your application using Heroku, you can simply import your application (and later export it) to experience the full power of the automatic scalability provided by this service.
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At the moment, anyone who wants to use this service as a platform for developing and / or deploying their RoR applications can fill out this form and add their name to the waiting list. Heroku's co-founder, James Lindenbaum (James Lindenbaum), says that they quickly allow users to access the project, and the waiting list is used only to prevent new users from invading.

The free version of the hosting from Heroku will be available to beta testers, and later there will be a paid version that will allow you to: get rid of the Heroku brand, use your domain names, remove bandwidth limitations and processor capacity limitations, as well as provide developers with additional features, such as - code optimization and measurement of application speed.

Despite the fact that Heroku is a participant in the winter selection of last year's Y Combinator, the project has been developed since June of last year, and has already attracted about 2,500 users who have developed about 2,000 applications with its help. The three project founders have extensive experience in developing software for enterprises, and decided to create Heroku after they saw the growing popularity of RoR in this area, but they also saw many of the difficulties that arise when developing applications for RoR.

Based on: TechCrunch