Before going into the details about the production environment, let us have a look at what an 'Environment' really means. The environment that we are discussing here is with respect to the Mongrel server. The Mongrel server can run in three different modes:
Development Mode
Test Mode
Production Mode
The mode in which the Mongrel server runs for a RoR site is known as the environment. In other words, mode is for the server and environment is for the site. In our case, the Mongrel server is running in the development mode and the TaleWiki is running in the development environment. Keeping this in mind, let us look at the different modes in which the Mongrel can run.