From: Andy Stone <xsltguru@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T10:14:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Server Programming

Thanks for the reply Dido,

My hope is that Ruby is not only a a more elegant and easier language
to use, but will also handle this task more efficiently with fewer
issues than I currently have.  Of course that is very touch metric
because the problems with the current Java implementation could have
nothing to do with Java, just bad code.

As I just replied to Francis, I will just jump into this and see what happens.

I guess I'm just bored with Java, have an issue that needs fixing and
am looking for a change.

thanks again,
andy


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:45:06 +0900, Dido Sevilla <dido.sevilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 01:08:41 +0900, Andy Stone <xsltguru@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Now you know why I am here.  I am looking into Ruby as an alternative
> > to this JAVA Server. The core functionality needed would be processing
> > zip files, parsing text/binary files and executing sql statements.
> >
> 
> This is all par for the course. Ruby is very much capable of all these
> things, but there are certain DBD's that aren't as well maintained as
> others, so knowing what your database backend is would be useful
> (specifically it would appear that the Sybase driver is woefully out
> of date).
> 
> Ruby is in my opinion a much, much more elegantly pleasant language to
> work with than Java will ever be.
> 
> > At this stage, how does Ruby compare to Java in terms of server
> > programming?
> 
> I assume you mean web server programming. More generic application
> server programming is also doable and most of the common protocols
> already have direct support by the Ruby core (e.g. http, smtp,
> pop/imap, and so forth).
> 
> > I have liked everything I've read about Ruby to date,
> > but have seen very little in reference to server programming, but then
> > again, I'm just beginning.
> >
> 
> Try going to http://www.rubyonrails.org/
> 
> It's an MVC framework like the Apache Project's Jakarta Struts, but it
> is in my experience a lot simpler and easier to program in.  As they
> put it, you'll be able to build a full-featured web application using
> less lines of code than many other frameworks use for their XML
> configuration files...
> 
>