Or it's because "most", for pulling out of my ass values of most, Rails developers can't *really* use Javascript, hence it's easier to just get a set of pre-baked components to run (enough googling around and you can integrate Dojo/ExtJS/whatever) rather than writing something that addresses your specific case from scratch.
You know, the old "I don't do front-end" adage. I know it's becoming popular these days, but there's still reminiscences of it apparently. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Korny Sietsma <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's also the issue of bugs; these complex frameworks are not > without bugs, and debugging can be a world-of-pain. > > Upgrading your JS framework is also always tricky, and hard to justify > to whoever is paying the bills. We had a complex project written a > couple of years ago using Dojo 0.4, and we attempted to upgrade to > Dojo 1.something - and gave up; the framework had changed at a > fundamental level, and upgrading would have been harder than > re-writing. > > - Korny > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Colin Campbell-McPherson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've been working on a project recently that makes a great deal of use >> of the YUI widgets, similar to those in dojo and exjs I believe. I'd >> avoid them in my own work (rails) mostly because I feel they quickly >> complicate the UI and make your application harder to use. My >> experience has also been that they're very difficult to get working, >> and where I going from the productivity of Rails to YUI I'd soon >> become frustrated and feel like I wasn't making any progress. >> >> >> On 01/10/2009, at 2:42 PM, Joshua Partogi wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Please correct my false understanding about this. But from what I have >>> observed, lots of rails applications does not use fullblown javascript >>> widgets like extjs or dojo. Why is the tendency of rails apps only >>> rely on basic javascript framework like jquery or prototype? Or >>> perhaps to simplify it, why does your rails apps does not use extjs >>> (despite of the license) or dojo? >>> >>> Is anyone willing to share based on their experience? Thanks very much >>> for the insights. >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Certified Scrum Master >>> http://blog.scrum8.com >>> http://twitter.com/scrum8 >>> >>> > >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com > kornys on twitter/fb/gtalk - korny on wave sandbox > "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part > that wonders what the part that isn't thinking > isn't thinking of" > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
