Hi John, I think there are scenarios where Rails isn't the best platform choice for a scalable REST API, or even Ruby as a language.
It really depends on things like the nature of the app you're building, what systems it has to communicate with, what capabilities your developers have, and the response times you require. You mention a social networking service, but it's hard to know precisely what you're building. There are some circumstances for e.g, where I'd use Node.js over Rails, and others where I'd prefer Sinatra to Rails. It really depends what you're trying to achieve. Cheers, Nicholas On Monday, May 14, 2012 5:20:38 PM UTC+10, John Pope wrote: > > Hello Rails developers, > > Could anyone recommend some white papers on Ruby On Rails in the > enterprise? > I need to sell senior management on why rails is the better platform to > build and scale a REST API than any other technology / stack. > > I've searched through ruby on rails advantages on google - but can't find > anything high level. > My target audience is a corporation who have embedded J2EE, php mysql,dot > net and cobalt legacy systems. > The thought of them creating a social networking service using any of > these just seems wrong. > > Thanks in advance > > > John Pope | Director > BG Mobile Apps > > Level 5, Suite 2, 2 Hill St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 > PO Box 81, Waverley, NSW, 2024 > T +61423562387 | T #johndpope <http://www.twitter.com/johndpope> | W * > bgmobileapps.com.au <http://www.bgmobileapps.com.au/>* > IN http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdpope > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rails-oceania/-/9Rn-rnkYnZwJ. 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.
