Psyionx, 1.my question is, can i built this system using ROR? i can imagine building >> it using php. but i really want to learn ROR >> > > Remember that RoR is a framework and not a language. Compare it to > CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Symphony in the PHP space. > > As to your question: yes, RoR can do that. In fact, your whole project > description is a class example of an MVC based application. If you have > worked with unit and integration tests before in the course of your > education, I would recommend using a BDD or TDD approach for your Rails app > right away. >
I would not like to join the battle that has just developed here. But, as far as I know Ruby on Rails is more of a framework than a language. In other words, the phrase "Ruby on Rails" implies the language "Ruby" is running on some infrastructure (=framework), in which case it is Rails. I am very much exited to hear that you would like to build a system using Ruby on Rails. It is one of the cool frameworks I ever encountered!! As Peter said, I would recommend you to start using Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) or Test Driven Development (TDD). It is a cool experience to learn the ways of coding as a "tender" stage like yours. (Forgive me if that sounds diminutive). There are good BDD/TDD technologies available for you. Some of them include Cucumber (BDD), RSpec(TDD) and Shoulda (TDD). Get familiar with at least one TDD and/or one BDD technology. This is how I got into RoR. *There's much fun on RoR side of programming, especially when dealing with TDD!!* > 2.hmm... i was wondering if i print a receipt, if the item list got so >> long, my printer will split the page in two, where the header will be print >> at the first page and no header on the next page. and the length of the page >> is inconsistent if the item list differs.. how do i overcome this? i can >> imagine that the company have already have a header printed on the paper >> first then set the margin for the printer to avoid printing on the header. >> but, i don't think this will amaze my lecturer. >> > > Generate a PDF instead. I would recommend PrinceXML, which you can just use > in demo mode since it's just a school project. PrinceXML allows you to > generate a PDF from HTML+CSS, including all the cases with headers and > footers you correctly indicated as problematic with just an HTML print. > There are several ways of making this happen. I should admit that, most of the readily available gem solutions have disappointed me. There is one that has done me some justice: the combination of the Prawn gem and the Prawnto plugin. As Sandy describes, Prawn/Prawnto seamlessly integrates of the Rails application and and produces nice PDF documents. You may need Ryan Bates's railscast on how to generate PDFs using Prawn and Prawnto<http://railscasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn> . In one project, I played around with HTML, CSS and JavaScript to produce nice PDF reports too. For me, it is one of the simple but powerful hack solutions. There is a blog post you can follow here (Printing HTML Documents Using Customised CSS and JavaScript<http://edceekays.blogspot.com/2010/08/printing-html-documents-using.html> ). 3. can anyone send me a link where's the best place to read so that i can >> learn more about ROR? >> > http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ > http://peepcode.com/products/test-first-development > I think http://railscasts.com/episodes/ has nice casts for you. --- Edmond Software Developer | Baobab Health Trust (http://www.baobabhealth.org/) | Malawi Cell: +265 999 465 137 | +265 881 234 717 *"Many people doubt open source software and probably don’t realize that there is an alternative… which is just as good.." -- Kevin Scannell* On 11 August 2010 18:09:44 UTC+2, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]>wrote: > Fernando Perez wrote: > >> Remember that RoR is a framework and not a language. Compare it to > >> CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Symphony in the PHP space. > > > > No RoR is a thing to build websites, as pure php, symphony, and pure > > ruby do, so it is fair to compare them. > > It's fair to compare Rails and Symfony. It's fair to compare pure PHP > and pure Ruby. That's about it, really. > > > > > RoR is stuff written in Ruby that avoids writing boiler plate. > > No, it's much more than that, unless you have a very broad definition of > "boilerplate". > > > > > Beware 2 months is certainly no enough to get your app going. > > Of course it is. The app is very simple, and the OP should be able to > get a usable version within 2 months (depending on how long it takes him > to learn Ruby and Rails, of course). > > > In real > > life, a usable blog takes more than 15 minutes to get built. > > Of course. 15 minutes is not 2 months. > > > > > Have fun learning and working with Rails. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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