From: Daniel N <has.sox@...>
Date: 2007-02-09T17:41:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Current State of Merb

On 2/9/07, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Daniel N wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been looking around for details on Merb and what it's being
> > used for
> > etc but I can't find a great deal.  Most of the information is
> > "Merb is"
> > style instead of a howto.
> >
> > I'm wondering if it's because it's young, or people prefer camping/
> > rails
> > over it.
> >
> > From the time line it certainly looks like Ezra is working hard on it.
> >
> > Any insights/opinions would be great
> >
> > Cheers
> > Daniel
>
>
> Hey Daniel-
>
>         Sorry the docs or tutorials for merb are non existant. Such is life
> when things change fast. I am almost done with a 0.2 release and feel
> like merb will be api stable and usable enough to finally write some
> nice tutorials. I have been playing fast and loose with code and
> features while I develop my ideas for merb so things change fast.
>
I hope my comment did not come across as a critisism.  I did not mean
it be.  I'm just looking to see how much info there is at the moment.
I'm quite happy to dive in and try it out for myself.


>
>         As to what people are using merb for. There are a number of folks
> using merb to serve high traffick image upload/download type sites.
> Once of them is handing 250K uploads a day for the last month or so
> on one 15Mb merb process! But merb is also being used all on its own
> for full app development. It does take a similar path to rails on a
> number of things, but diverges and uses as little magick as possible.
> Kinda like a magick removal branch of ActionPack with thread safety
> and performance as a primary concern.

I'm looking for a framework smaller than rails for a small ammount of
ajaxy stuff, with a few pages, but served fast.  I also need to
thumbnail images with most requests so threading is a must.  I think
camping might be a little too simple though.  Merb looks like the
right fit from what I've seen so far.

>
>         If you want to get involved with writing merb apps then the best
> thing you could do is try to build a little project, ask me for help
> via email or tickets to trac or come to the irc channel #merb on
> irc.freenode.net with questions. Then maybe write up a little blog
> post or tutorial to help others start using merb.
>
As soon as I get a chance I will try to do this.


>         I'm into merb for the long haul and I plan on it staying highly
> focused light to medium sized core framework that gets out of your
> way and lets you code in more of a plain ruby stryle then some of the
> railsisms that makes some stuff hard to deal with in the rails source.
>
>         A tutorial site will be up soon with a wiki and docs and tutorials.

Both great to know.  I see from the Time line on trac that you are
commiting to it every day.  Man you put out a lot of stuff.

Thanx for the information.

Daniel