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...It runs in the back end and can serve up whole HTML pages or handle API requests. There are a lot of tools in that space, so why did we build Pedestal? We had two main reasons. Pedestal is designed for APIs first. Most web app frameworks still focus on the "page model" and server-side rendering. Pedestal lets you start simple and add that if you need it. Pedestal makes it easy to create "live" applications. Applications must respond with immediate feedback even while some back-end communication goes on. Pedestal makes it easy to deliver server-sent events and asynchronous updates. ...

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and submitted. Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have visited as a history. This library was heavily influenced by its namesake in the Perl world. Mechanize#transact runs the given block and then resets the page history. I.e. after the block has been executed, you're back...

Phlex is a Ruby-based framework for building HTML and SVG views using object-oriented programming principles, offering a unique alternative to traditional template systems like ERB. It allows developers to write UI components entirely in Ruby, providing full control over structure, logic, and rendering without mixing HTML and templating syntax. One of its key advantages is performance, as it can render HTML extremely quickly while maintaining predictable scaling even with complex component...