From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T10:11:13+09:00
Subject: Re: eRuby: A tutorial on using Ruby on the web

fr tesla:
# Exactly our point.  Since the  end result should be a  Ruby  teaching
# situation  we found that  Rails  got in the way. 

indeed. teaching ruby thru rails is quite a hurdle. my own personal experience only btw.

# Also students would need
# two books (budgets you know)  rather  than one ;)

request the agile team to provide academic editions :)

# Also I truly dislike that acronym FUD.  It is thrown about  
# too often when
# people are giving their experiences, outlook and opinion. 
# None or us fear
# Rails, are uncertain about its purpose nor doubt that its 
# capabilities. We
# just decided based on our own conferencing and 
# experimentation not to go
# with Rails this time and we gave our reasons why.

fwiw, my kids (2 high and 1 grade) prefer Nitro (just because they are nubies and ergo not ready for rails advanced programming).

try ruby and nitro. I assure you you wont regret it.

kind regards -botp