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Charlie Bowman

3/6/2006 9:52:00 PM

I'm having trouble finding the benefit of using capistrano. I'm only
using rails for a very small blog. Sometime in the next year I do
expect to start using rails at work. What are the benefits of using
capistrano for small apps like my blog?



Charlie Bowman
http://www.recentr...
7 Answers

Jamis Buck

3/6/2006 9:56:00 PM

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On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Charlie Bowman wrote:

> I'm having trouble finding the benefit of using capistrano. I'm only
> using rails for a very small blog. Sometime in the next year I do
> expect to start using rails at work. What are the benefits of using
> capistrano for small apps like my blog?

The benefits are:

* Consistent deployment. Your deployment process works the same time
after time, even when you start adding more resources to host it.

* Standard practices. Your application is deployed using some
codified "best practices".

Now, that doesn't mean it is for everyone, but it works great for
lots of people. For a small, single-box application, the benefits
aren't as obvious, though. We didn't start feeling the need for
Capistrano until Basecamp began growing beyond it's single host server.

- Jamis

Charlie Bowman

3/6/2006 10:01:00 PM

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Thanks, I think I'll implement it now so that I'll be prepared when I
"really" need it.

On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 06:56 +0900, Jamis Buck wrote:

> On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Charlie Bowman wrote:
>
> > I'm having trouble finding the benefit of using capistrano. I'm only
> > using rails for a very small blog. Sometime in the next year I do
> > expect to start using rails at work. What are the benefits of using
> > capistrano for small apps like my blog?
>
> The benefits are:
>
> * Consistent deployment. Your deployment process works the same time
> after time, even when you start adding more resources to host it.
>
> * Standard practices. Your application is deployed using some
> codified "best practices".
>
> Now, that doesn't mean it is for everyone, but it works great for
> lots of people. For a small, single-box application, the benefits
> aren't as obvious, though. We didn't start feeling the need for
> Capistrano until Basecamp began growing beyond it's single host server.
>
> - Jamis
>
>


Charlie Bowman
http://www.recentr...

List Recv

3/6/2006 11:19:00 PM

0

Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google just
shows me a city somewhere in California...)

Jamis Buck

3/6/2006 11:33:00 PM

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On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:23 PM, listrecv@gmail.com wrote:

> Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google
> just
> shows me a city somewhere in California...)

Capistrano is a utility for executing tasks in parallel on multiple
remote machines. The manual is located here:

http://manuals.rubyonrails.org/re...

Hope that helps,

- Jamis

Joel VanderWerf

3/7/2006 12:47:00 AM

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listrecv@gmail.com wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google just
> shows me a city somewhere in California...)

Makes me think of a flock of swallows flying in formation around a
tower.... intentional, right?

--
vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407

Bil Kleb

3/7/2006 2:36:00 PM

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Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
> Makes me think of a flock of swallows flying in formation around a
> tower....

And eventually landing on the tower and relieving
themselves just before taking flight again...

--
Bil
http://fun3d.lar...

jeem

3/7/2006 4:07:00 PM

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There are still plenty of references to "SwitchTower" on that page, so
just to clarify:

SwitchTower is the same as Capistrano. Jamis changed the name due to a
trademark clash with another software product.

Jim