From: "dejavue82@..." <dejavue82@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T03:30:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Scalablity question (Stand-alone server)

Aemca,
Thanks for the response!

It seems that the real difficulity with ASP.net 2.0 is learning ado.net
(from what I have heard)



Aemca wrote:
> Scalability on one comp is all about caching.
>
> Asp.Net should whoop RoR's ass in terms of performance if you do the right
> things with it.
>
> This however might be a bit harder then it sounds :)
>
> Can you get Asp.Net to be as quick as RoR absolutely !!!
> Can it be as productive in creating websites, sure.
> ( when used with things like code generation and a good IDE )
>
>
>
>
> <dejavue82@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1152551911.163150.276300@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >
> > I have lately heard a lot about the productivity gains that a
> > programmer can reap with Ruby on Rails. And the features such as
> > "Shared Nothing", which allow you to
> > increase scalabilty by adding more servers. This, however, won't help
> > much in my case, since, I won't need to deploy my app on anything more
> > than a stand-alone server. (dual xeon, perhaps)
> >
> > As for ASP.NET 2.0, I would like to know how the DataSet and
> > Databinding (and the other GUI controls such as GridView) stack up to
> > the RoR offerings.
> >
> >
> > QUESTION: Since my app probably won't scale beyond what a single server
> > could deliver, would using the Databinding techniques, which are also
> > very productive, be sufficient?
> > (ie. Would a programmer be as productive using Databiding as he/she
> > would be using the RoR data access methods? Would the application be as
> > scalable?)
> >
> >
> > I am still am still very much a novice and would appreciate some help.
> > Thank you!
> > Also, this post should not start a flame war concerning which language
> > is better, I am just a noob looking for some answers.
> >