During the development of the Basecamp project management tool in 2003, David Heinemeier Hansson created a Ruby-based web development framework. This framework, later named Ruby on Rails (RoR), was designed to streamline the development process and accelerate the creation of web applications. Released as open-source in 2004, Ruby on Rails rapidly gained traction within the developer community. Its "convention over configuration" philosophy, combined with powerful features like scaffolding and ActiveRecord, made it a compelling choice for building web applications.

Let's build a simple to-do list application without using a single line of javascript. We'll utilize Turbo for interactive list updates and View Components to encapsulate the task creation and display elements.

We can take advantage of two powerful features in Rails 7 to significantly enhance development speed and user experience: Hotwire and View Components.