From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2009-01-05T06:08:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Reimplementation address book program

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:53 PM, andrea <kerny404@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually there were a few question marks and I thought I explained the
> problem, but I'll try again..
>
> I need a frontend for the users which enables to modify / add and
> pretty view entries from an ldap tree.
> I just wanted some hints about what to use / how should I design it.

These are hard questions to answer, because they involve many other
questions (like, do you require a certain look or user interface, are
you adverse to learning a new framework, time constraints,
performance, etc.)  Rails is pretty heavy duty, but if you plan on
learning it anyway and don't mind a little feature bloat, I suppose it
might work for you.

> Couldn't I just use mod_ruby instead of any kind of framework?
> I need a framework to interpret the haml code maybe? Or I could use
> the Haml::Engine?

Are you stuck with Haml?  Maybe take a look at Camping and Markaby if
the requirements for the web-based app are not overly rigorous.

I haven't played with the LDAP library yet, so I can't comment on it.

Good luck!

Todd