From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2008-05-24T14:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Choosing framework

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Mark Levison wrote:
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| But now I'm stuck how do I evaluate the various frameworks? Rails? Merb?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Test them, by building the same (or very similar)
application in all candidates.

Also, keep in mind that Rails has the most options (and tutorials and
general information) on deployment.

~From JRuby in an application server, to the classic mod_proxy + Mongrel,
to PAssenger/mod_rails

Most of those (except mod_rails) will work for Merb and other
frameworks, too, but getting the information might be trickier.

| 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.

Well, limit yourself to an hour or two to evaluate one framework, and
see how far you get with each. Mind you, you'll still be using up time
just by reading about the different frameworks.

Also: This isn't time you lost, but time invested: You know more, and
can thusly approach similar questions easier and with a bit of
expertise. Which, to me, counts more than just saying "I've read a
couple of articles and three books on the topic".

| I’ve found the following post at InfoQ:
| http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/11/forgotten-ruby-web-frameworks - it at
| least mentions other frameworks. But even that news item makes no real
| attempt at comparison. Are there any good comparisons of the frameworks
| out there?
|
| Where would you start?

Testing them, and getting some hands on experience with the frameworks.

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