OK - again I have to clarify my position :D You make some great points Julian. I agree that having a framework and a shared community following it, shaping it and making it better for everyone is the best.
I've been doing Rails since it came out and have dabbled in Merb (waiting for a suitable project to come along). I'd say I was an advanced user (perhaps not expert since I tend to avoid looking at the source - hoping that Merb will change that POV). I was mostly making the comparison between Sinatra and VeryFlat and then extrapolating this line of thought: "What's the simplest possible framework that is still useful". This thought ended up at PHP. I'm not saying I think that's a great way to code or anything, only that it does have a very low barrier to entry. Given the flexibility of Merb I'm interested to see where this can go. Hope that makes sense !! weepy On 16 Nov, 21:59, Julian Leviston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hear Hear! > > This brings me to the point of responsibility. > > If you slap up some code that, say, parses some CGI-params and slaps > them in the database, shouldn't you at SOME point be made aware that > there is actually a large chance you're opening up the server you're > putting this crappy code on to Injection or CSS attacks? I mean... > frameworks represent code re-use but they also represent best > practices which means that they help you to educate yourself more > about problems that can occur and best practice solutions to these > problems. > > Thus, frameworks FTW! > > :-) > > On 17/11/2008, at 2:40 AM, Michael Klishin wrote: > > > > > 2008/11/16 weepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Consider the approach: > > >> 1) Take a standard HTML page > >> 2) Modify it to include some simple PHP (e.g. <%= $myvar %>) > >> 3) Rename the file to .php > >> 4) Upload page. > > > You can do it with a flat merb app, Apache and sftp. But rapid > > prototyping not always equals to "write some crap to throw away" > > because some prototypes of this sort later put into production and > > someone has to maintain them. That's just anti humane in my mind. > > > So prototype carefully. > > -- > > MK --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
