From: James Britt Date: 2005-07-17T10:21:14+09:00 Subject: Re: Just seen on c.l.py Phil Tomson wrote: > In article <05th9VCgqN2CFwW4@objmedia.demon.co.uk>, > Stephen Kellett wrote: > >>Hi Folks, >> >>Just browsing c.l.py and found this advertised as a Rails killer... hmmm >>not very friendly. >> >> http://www.djangoproject.com/ >> >>Make of it what you will. >> > > > I'm not much of a web programmer nor have I done any SQL so when I went > through Curt Hibb's Rails tutorial I kept thinking "why do I have to mess > with this SQL stuff? Why can't I describe the data/tables in Ruby and > then have Rails take care of all that stuff for me" (it seemed somehow like > the DRY principle was being violated). This is how Nitro works. The class definitions drive the tables, not the other way around. www.nitrohq.com James -- http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys