Web Application / Portal Using Open Source Platform 'Ruby-on-Rails'

Situation

A UK-based non profit organization in the domain of science and technical education wanted to develop 
a web application for secure auditing of evidence submissions.

Challenge

• Auditors need to quickly track the status update
• Automate the process of approvals
• Feeds for easy update of portal with promotional content
• Secure transactions and evidence submissions

Harbinger Solution

• Radiant CMS based solution with content management, user management and automatic mailing system
• Adapted Model-View-Controller (MVC) approach for system design using Agile practices and RoR DRY principles
• Business Process Workflow Automation
• Payment Gateway Integration, Facebook and Twitter integration, RSS / ATOM feeds
• MemCache based solution for quick response

Technologies & Tools

• Rails 2.3, Radiant CMS, Action Web Services
• PayPal
• Action mailer
• JQuery, JavaScript and MySQL
• FaceBook and Twitter Plug-ins (FaceBooker, TwitterAuth)
• Ruby library to handle Cross–site Request Forgery Attacks

Benefits

• Easily auditable Rich UI /UX and functionality
• Secure and customizable portal solution