Asp Forum - Ruby on Rails is a powerhouse, so says JavaLobby

Stephen Kellett

6/16/2005 9:04:00 AM

I got the regular email from JavaLobby today. Don't read it much, but
the email title was "Ruby on Rails is a powerhouse". The text relating
to it was:

<quote>
Rick Ross, JavaLobby Founder Ruby on Rails is a powerhouse
I didn't get to spend much time at the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium
here in Research Triangle Park this past weekend, but one noteworthy
session I did get to attend was Dave Thomas' presentation about "Ruby on
Rails." I was amazed as I sat through the 90-minute presentation
watching Dave knock out feature after feature of a real-life web
application in record time and with more compact code than any I had
previously seen. The Rails developers seem to have carefully considered
the recurring pattern needs of web apps, and the framework provides full
functionality for a typical database-backed CRUD (create, read, update,
delete) application in a matter of minutes. Rails uses intelligent
reflection to map database tables to Ruby objects, and the apps you
generate with the Rails scripts form a very reasonable foundation for
extending and customizing to meet your specific needs. Unit testing is
built-in by default, as is a full web server for testing and debugging.
The next time you need to get the job done very quickly you may want to
try out Ruby on Rails for yourself. I don't know enough yet to say how
much it can scale, but Rails is quite clearly a major step forward for
those who want web application development to be easier. Dave has a new
book in beta, check it out here.
</quote>

Also if you go to
http://www.javalobby.org/arti...

and then to the bottom of the page (Sunday â?? May 22, 2005), some nice
comments about Dave's presentations at No Fluff Just Stuff.
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Stephen Kellett
Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/sof...
Computer Consultancy, Software Development
Windows C++, Java, Assembler, Performance Analysis, Troubleshooting

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Ruby on Rails is a powerhouse, so says JavaLobby

Stephen Kellett

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