From: Jules Jacobs Date: 2006-02-09T01:00:21+09:00 Subject: Re: Start from the start - Ruby or ruby on rails Pro XML: ehh, you can access it with programming languages that don't support your database (no libraries). Pro DB: - Much easier - Faster access - Rails has much better support for this - All tutorials focus on databases - ... XML might be much easier than a database in perl/java, but it really isn't in Ruby. On Wednesday, February 08, 2006, at 6:53 PM, wrote: >Thanks to everybody for the recommendations. I had a lot of the links >lined up and ready to read , will jump into rails straight away. I am >still a little reluctant to start off my first real project with a >Database back end.I'm concerned that the design and management of the >database could add a serious jump in my already steep learning curve. > >If anybody has the time would the be kind enough to outline the pro's >of using a database agains the cons of xml. > >My initial thoughts when choosing xml was that it is easily >manipulated, can be easily accessed by other applications and that if >in the future i did want to go to a database it would lend itself to >migration? > > Jules -- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your time!