From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2005-03-22T19:29:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Support for 10x Productivity Increase with Rails!

Am Montag 21 M�rz 2005 21:40 schrieb Bill Kelly:
> From: "Curt Hibbs" <curt@hibbs.com>
>
> > I got a lot of flack for what I wrote in my ONLamp.com article on Rails
> > when I said you could get a 10x productivity increase using Rails vs. a
> > typical Java framework. The funny thing is that I thought I was being
> > conservative!
>
> So... how about some Rails vs. Wee comparisons ???  <grin>
>
> Seriously, though, if anyone has tried both Rails and Wee, any
> notes on how the two frameworks compare or contrast would be
> much appreciated.

I tried both ;-)

Well, if you always have one page at a time displayed on the screen, and the 
interactions are not too complex, plus bookmarking is neccessity, then Rails 
is better suited than Wee. On the other hand, if you want to build very 
dynamic web applications (e.g. like Nemo/Mewa), Wee is better suited IMHO.
Of course you can use Wee for the same tasks as you can use Rails, but it's 
initial harder because it's model (separation of render and action phase) is 
not that easy to think in (for a beginner ;-).

> Trying both Rails and Wee is on my TO-DO list but I haven't
> gotten to either yet.  I'm interested in Wee because of its
> use of continuations.  I can expect an additional 7.94322773
> times increase in productivity from that, right???  :)

Hm, sure you could.... but keep in mind that there were some memory problem 
with continuations. That does not mean they will actually leak memory, only 
that I once noticed this. So be careful!

Regards,

  Michael