Ruby on Rails
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- kwongkweng
Have you guys heard about Ruby on Rails? (http://www.rubyonrails.org/)
What do you think about it? From a designer's point of view, is it complicated?
(I actually just heard about it today and my possible next project involves RoR. Im not yet sure if I wanna take it)
Thanks.
- UndoUndo0
the idea is that it makes dev quicker and simpler - so if yr not that technical it must be good for you
- ********0
RoR has been the RagE for the past hot minute.
Inherently it doesn't look all that complicated, however, trying to install on a Windows Box was.
I got it to work after hours and hours and eventually all the hacks I put into place made my whole filing system look like shiite.
I gave up on it.
Some good sites on the matter:
http://made-of-stone.blogspot.co…
http://rubyforiis.sosukodo.org/r…
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rail…
- mrdobolina0
wtf is with the name?
- ********0
- joyride0
Ruby is the language, Rails is the framework that will speed up your dev time.
- mrdobolina0
rails is like a slang term for lines of coke. who is this slut named ruby?
- heavyt0
it is a nice framework to work in. It really speeds up dev time vs other languages like PHP or ASP.
However, you arent going to learn it in a weekend. It has its own syntax that takes a bit of getting used to.
If you are interested in learning something new, i would give it a shot.TR1
- ********0
ASP.NET 2.0 + ATLAS trumps everything.
- Point50
rails is like a slang term for lines of coke. who is this slut named ruby?
mrdobolina
(Jul 6 06, 08:24)
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and can a brotha get them digits?
- fusionpixel0
its been on for a while now, if you have the opportunity to learn the framework i would say go for it. specially if you get paid for it more and more people are asking for RoR developers
- seed0
I started playing around with Ruby on Rails this weekend and built a small app from a tutorial. I thought it was relatively easy and automated a lot. Scaffolding is a cool feature.
Can anyone recommend a good reference or beginner info for the syntax? So far I prefer the dot notation.
I feel like I will have a hard time getting used to the syntax.I haven't been able to find much straight forward info in simple stuff like setting and outputting variables? If anyone has info on that let me know.
- UndoUndo0
I dont know what the options for syntax are but dot notation is used widely in other languages - so could be helpful once (or if) you catch the Geek bug!
- Clear0
grrr... I thought Media Temple was going to add Ruby on Rails to all of its hosting but hasn't happened :(
I was itching to give it a go.
- seed0
It is really easy to install locally if you just want to practice.
- iamstillalive0
I am no programmer (I am a designer), but I use RoR all the time now to build production-ready database-driven apps. The notes section and store on my site
are both little RoR apps, FYI.
If you are gonna try to learn Rails on a Mac, use dan benjamin's tutorial to install locally:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/20…It is definitely no weekend thing to just pick up, but it's been totally worth it for me.
The best way to learn rails is to pick up a couple books and work through em
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.c…
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.c…And then download all the available open-source apps you can find and dig through that:
http://simplelog.net/
http://waferbaby.net/
http://slashlinks.eyebeamresearc…
http://mudgallerymanager.mudserv…
- seed0
Thanks for all that info. That's great. I'll check out your site.
- iamstillalive0
np
- Fizik0
if you have an opportunity to mess around with it or learn it during a project -- do it. It's not that bad -- a bit of a learning curve (mainly the Ruby programming language ...) but some of the handy parts of Rails will blow your mind and make it kinda fun and exciting. I'm not sold that's it gonna take over or anything, but it's not to be overlooked completely ;-)
- pkny0
according to my software engineering t.a. ruby on rails is a breeze to use but its a bitch to learn - there's a steep learning curve, but once you get over it, you can create shit into gold at an instant.
- pkny0
whoops i just repeated what the previous 5 posts were about hehe : P