Ruby on Rails is a web application framework that follows the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern. It is designed to make programming web applications easier by making assumptions about what every developer needs to get started. Some key aspects include:
- Convention over configuration where there are assumed conventions for common tasks to minimize configuration.
- Active Record for mapping database tables to objects, simplifying data access, validation, persistence.
- Action Pack for handling requests, routing URLs to controller actions, and rendering views.
- Action View for building web pages through template files and partials.