What I mean is that there are several vectors contributing to the complexity: 1) a sophisticated business data model, 2) A corresponding data model in the rdbms, 3) The business model with a dynamic nature to it. It is defined at runtime on a per-user basis. 4) Significant query requirements involving dynamic model described above. 5) High performance requirements.
It seems to me that Rails can handle 1, 2 and maybe 4 without any issues. I'm less sure about 3 and 5, and I'm even less sure about the combination of 1 through 5. Moxley p.s., I mis-typed the url in my first post. It is http://www.moxleystratton.com/ Bryan Donovan wrote: > 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.moxleystratton.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 > _______________________________________________ PDXRuby mailing list [email protected] IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby
