Ed W wrote: > Chris Travers wrote: >> Well, here is my sense (not that I am not sure there is a 100% firm >> concensus). >> >> The core application is probably going to remain in Perl for the >> foreseable future and probably far longer. However, we are working on >> adding hooks so that additional functionality could be added in other >> languages. Rewriting the entire application in Python seems both >> unnecessary and time consuming, but that doesn't mean that Python >> add-on's cannot be supported. >> > > > I think that sounds very sensible. For example Ruby on rails floats my > boat, but the main thing here is the style of coding, not really the > language itself. > > From a crossplatform point of view I would have thought that Perl was > actually about the best supported tool out there...?
No actually Python or Java is going to give us the best capability there. I like the idea of > a more MVC architecture, (such as catalyst or whatever the perl > equivalent is called?). However, it's just a coding style issue > MVC doesn't require a toolkit :). > Have a look at the new Rails 1.2 REST features, I think this is a very > interesting approach to allow close integration with other languages and > tools. The intent is that you can hook web applications together... > I guarantee you we won't do rails. Rails has a dependency that enforces bad database design, basically the requirement that a primary key be artificial. > It would be quite cool to be able to use something like mod_perl > though. I don't have a speed problem per-se with sql-ledger, but it > would be nice to make it just a tad more snappy. At the moment it's > just got a hint of lag each time you click something which does make it > feel very much like a web app and not a decent front end application. > I agree from a performance standpoint that it would be nice to have mod_* something capability. Joshua D. Drake > It's really interesting to see the speed of development right now > > Good luck all! > > Ed W > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
