From: Mark Wilden <mark@...>
Date: 2008-05-24T12:56:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Choosing framework

On May 23, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Mark Levison wrote:

> But now I'm stuck how do I evaluate the various frameworks? Rails?  
> Merb?
> I like the agnostic approach of Merb and am concerned that Rails has
> already chosen the UI library (the ORM tool, etc.) for me. But I  
> know so
> little at this stage I may be missing the boat. Where do I go to learn
> more? The ideal would be I write small web app in each framework to  
> get
> sense of what works. But this is unpaid work and I have a family so  
> that
> option is right out.

I would just start with Rails. 1) If another framework is better, that  
means a lot of people are wrong (which is possible). 2) There is the  
most information and help available for Rails. 3) Knowing Rails means  
knowing the one framework that most people have heard of, and to which  
other frameworks are compared.

The important thing is to just dive in, and not worry too much about  
picking the absolute best framework. Ruby/Rails are agile, and that  
means doing the simplest thing that could possibly work.

///ark