Exist has built an extensive portfolio of Ruby on Rails web applications, from a social networking application to an internal e-newsletter generator. Got Rails app requirements? Send us a note at sales@exist.com.

1. Exist Ruby on Rails
Exist Ruby on Rails Projects
Some of our Ruby on Rails projects are cited below.
OurPatch.com.au
OurPatch is a local business directory and classified ads
system for Australia. It also features event calendars,
forums, and employment ads.
SportsPassion
SportsPassion is an online sports participant community
website that allowed for amateur sports teams and
participants to extend their passion for their sport in an
online world.
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2. Exist Ruby on Rails
Exist Ruby on Rails Projects
DevEx
A newsletter generator which is a web based tool
automating the process of creation of newsletters. The
tool can generate 6 types of newsletters done through
Liquid and allows users to have access levels on certain
features.
Orglines
Orglines is a simple, easy-to-use social networking platform
that is particularly designed for corporate interactions among
colleagues. It helps companies work better by providing
employees with the means to clarify working relationships,
track co-workers, manage assignments, share relevant
information, and keep track of important happenings.
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3. Exist Ruby on Rails
Exist Ruby on Rails Projects
Minglr
Minglr is a social network network platform that brings
all your social networks together.
Infinite.ly
Allows you to build a universal fan page that aggregates
all your content and activity streams from services such
as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Youtube. The end
result is a fully branded fan page complete with all your
online information.
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4. Exist Ruby on Rails
Case Study - Social Network Community Site Ruby on Rails
3eep Experience
Development of SportsPassion, a sports community website
One of the early adopters of Ruby on
Challenges Rails in Asia -- Exist started its
practice in 2005 with a small team
✴ 3eep, an architect of online social communities based out of Australia, of developers building a lightweight
wanted to build an online sports participant community for amateur bug-tracking system.
sports teams and participants to extend their passion for their sport in an
online world In 2008, the Exist Ruby on Rails
✴ Recognizing the niche between dedicated team management solutions team merged with Syndeo Labs to
and social networks, it wanted to develop a site, which would enable prove its commitment to being the
sports aficionados to interact a lot easier with a lot more fun unrivaled RoR software
✴ 3eep was looking for a solution that could be delivered rapidly, easy to development services provider in
maintain, and at the same time scalable enough to grow as the Asia.
community grows and as the company included more features on the site
✴ Shifting business environments compelled flexible software solutions Some of the applications we’ve
developed include:
Solution
✴ an employee management system
✴ After collaborating for a solution to grab the market opportunity, the that offers timekeeping and leave
Exist team set out to create a sports social networking platform management
✴ Ruby on Rails was used to accelerate development time ✴ a social networking platform for
✴ A small team of 3 worked on the first prototype that was delivered over a exchanging ideas through a
period of three months using the agile software model; long term goals structured debate system
were defined in bi-monthly milestones while short term goals were ✴ a social community service
defined to include bug fixes; small feature enhancements identified by designed to encourage the
the Exist QA team are released as short-term releases composition and publication of
✴ After the release of the initial prototype and having proved that the idea short stories
worked, Exist started a long-term development engagement with the ✴ a social networking tool that
customer building out the additional functions that the customer had defines relationships of members
envisaged in an organization
✴ The completed sports social networking platform provided components ✴ a Web 2.0 database development
that included a community platform (blogging, forums, user tool that allows members and
management, groups, etc), team management and communication, clubs stakeholders of an organization to
management, competition management and numerous small features develop the structure of a system's
database via a wiki
Results ✴ several interactive websites
✴ and many more
✴ Initial launch of the social networking platform enabled 3eep to raise
funding for further development of the sports community service
✴ 3eep applauds the Exist team for their commitment to quality and
enthusiasm throughout the entire project, extending to even after project
completion
"I'm very impressed with the way the Exist team worked with us during
the entire project. Their commitment to quality, extending to even after
the project has been completed, was always evident. Their attention to
detail and enthusiasm contributed to SportsPassion’s success. Having
Exist as an innovation partner gave us an edge over other emerging
tech companies in Australia."
-- Rob Antulov, CEO of 3eep
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5. Exist Ruby on Rails
Case Study - Corporate Social Networking Ruby on Rails
Platform Expertise
Orglines In our Ruby on Rails projects, our
Development of an Enterprise 2.0 solution
team gained experience in / with:
Challenges
✴ integration with common utilities
✴ Client wanted to build an Enterprise 2.0 solution that would drive and such as Lucene, a Java back-end
search engine
enhance collaboration
✴ using different e-commerce
✴ Required a simple, easy-to-use social networking platform, modeled from
payment modules to enable
the successes of emerging and popular social software platforms such as
payment options such as PayPal
Facebook and Twitter
✴ integration with popular social
media / social community tools
Solution
such as Del.icio.us and Digg
✴ Web 2.0 mashups using Google
✴ A pod of 3-4 developers, an architect, and a project manager worked on
Maps and Flickr
the application, building it from ground up using Ruby on Rails and
✴ and many more
implementing an agile software model to deliver rapid iterations
✴ The application was written using Ruby on Rails
✴ Orglines, the application, featured a dashboard which contains the latest
Each member of the RoR
news about the organization, user action items with the position and
development team faithfully applies
responsibilities of the user, and a company directory which gives an
RoR principles such as Don't Repeat
alphabetical list of all members of a company along with their avatars,
Yourself (DRY), which emphasizes
contact information, and their status (either online or offline)
✴ An added built-in code re-use and portability, and the
belief that 'less is more,' which
security (access
means building comprehensive
permissions) for
features in just a few lines of well-
company creation,
written code.
user registration
and creation of
Need to deliver a project
assignments was
rapidly?
implemented in
Orglines to
Exist delivers powerful Ruby on Rails
eliminate the risk of
solutions so that you can capitalize on
information
new opportunities, and even save on
leakage, making it a
costs.
very viable
communication tool
Visit www.exist.com for
in corporate
information about how we can
structures
help. Or contact us at
sales@exist.com.
Results
✴ The project was delivered and implemented successfully; it’s available at
www.orglines.com
✴ In this social network platform, members are able to connect and
collaborate easily with their co-workers, organize their tasks efficiently
and become more productive
✴ Exist’s expertise in Ruby on Rails combined with its iterative and
collaborative approach to development helped deliver a more powerful
application faster
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6. Exist Ruby on Rails
Case Study - Newsletter Generator About Exist
Devex Building on 10 years of software
Development of an Enterprise 2.0 solution
development experience, Exist helps
companies deliver strategic business
Challenges
results, reduce costs, and increase
✴ Devex, a social enterprise that becomes the largest provider of business the value of their IT investments.
intelligence and recruitment services to the development community,
With roots in Open Source and
needed an automation tool that would manage their newsletter creation
technology expertise in Java and
easily to facilitate effective communication with its members.
✴ The company had been using a proprietary tool, but the tool lacks Ruby on Rails, Exist has created
products ranging from enterprise
usability and flexibility.
✴ Create an efficient newsletter generator that can automatically extract software to interactive web, iPhone
and iPad applications to technology
content from the database to the newsletter template. software solutions for companies,
including start-ups and Fortune 500
Solution companies, around the world.
✴ With Exist Agile Development Process as well as expertise in A system integrator with end to end
developments tools that bring results in a short time frame without capabilities in delivering world-class
sacrificing quality, Dexev chose Exist to develop their Newsletter software engineering services, Exist
Generator. also provides cloud consulting,
✴ A team of 3 developers cloud delivery, as well as
(1 serving as team lead), development automation services.
1 QA engineer and a
Project Manager worked For additional info, visit
closely on the project www.exist.com.
with the customer.
Together, both created
detailed feature list and Contact Information
updates, using the agile
SCRUM software Email: sales@exist.com
development
methodology. Telephone #s:
✴ The newsletter generator was a web based tool automating the process of
creation of newsletters. Manila, Philippines: +632-6874091
✴ Currently, the tool can generate 6 Cebu, Philippines: +6332-4121155
types of newsletters done through LA, US: +1-310-728-2142 local 5304
Liquid and allows users to have
access levels on certain features.
Admin can create the template and
set which sections of the newsletter
are editable while other user can
only use the template and create an
actual newsletter from the template.
Results
✴ The working prototype was delivered in 1 month and final phase was
accomplished for another 5 weeks. Exist team successfully accomplished
the development on time and within the budget limits.
✴ Faster creation of newsletter resulting to more responsive
communication with members.
Technologies Applied:
✴ Ruby on Rails (RoR), MongoDB and Liquid
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