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Rack (web server interface)
Rack is a modular interface between web servers and web applications developed in the Ruby programming language. With Rack, application programming interfaces (APIs) for web frameworks and middleware are wrapped into a single method call handling HTTP requests and responses. Rack is used by many Ruby web frameworks and libraries, such as Ruby on Rails and Sinatra. It is available as a Ruby Gem. Many Ruby applications are called "rack-compliant". Rack has inspired similar frameworks in JavaScript (jack.js), Clojure, Perl (Plack), Common Lisp (Clack), and .NET (OWIN).
Article summary
Rack is a modular interface between web servers and web applications developed in the Ruby programming language. With Rack, application programming interfaces (APIs) for web frameworks and middleware are wrapped into a single method call handling HTTP requests and responses. Rack is used by many Ruby web frameworks and libraries, such as Ruby on Rails and Sinatra. It is available as a Ruby Gem. Many Ruby applications are called "rack-compliant". Rack has inspired similar frameworks in JavaScript (jack.js), Clojure, Perl (Plack), Common Lisp (Clack), and .NET (OWIN).
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