Hi Moxley, What do you mean by complex data access, and why do you think Rails would be unsuitable for this?
Regards, Bryan http://urbandrinks.com On 1/3/07, Moxley Stratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to the group. You may remember me at your Free Geek meetings. > I'm the PHP user group guy who sometimes holds your projector hostage. > Sorry about that. > > Anyway, I've been hired to work on a new project. It is a new > collaborative/social web site in the vein of Wikipedia and MySpace. I > really want to do the site in Ruby because I like it and I'm getting > tired of PHP and it's wimpy language design. > > PHP is my fall-back choice if I can't quickly strategize a Ruby > solution. It is a much larger phenomenon than Ruby, and it has a proven > track record on large sites, like Yahoo for instance. As far as I know, > Ruby doesn't have such a track record for web development. > > My first-choice Ruby strategy is to use mod_ruby and use a development > style that looks a lot like my PHP style, wherein I start from scratch > and develop a framework around the requirements instead of trying to > tweak an existing framework (e.g., Rails) to fit the requirements. Rails > seems too constraining for the complex data access and performance > requirements of this project. I'd like to hear opinions about this. > > Regardless of what Ruby strategy I take, it really would be great if > there was a solid software designer with real-world Ruby web experience > who could partner with me with design decisions and maybe code too. It > would be part-time help and it would start right away. The site is > expected to launch in about six months. > > Best regards, > > Moxley Stratton > http://www.moxleystrattton.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > PDXRuby mailing list > [email protected] > IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net > http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby > _______________________________________________ PDXRuby mailing list [email protected] IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby
