From: "Volkmann, Mark" <Mark.Volkmann@...>
Date: 2004-01-28T02:18:09+09:00
Subject: Re: choosing ruby?

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I'll second that recommendation for using Maverick.
I've created a PowerPoint presentation on using Maverick that I'd gladly
share if you're interested.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Dwoske [mailto:ddwoske@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:05 AM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: choosing ruby?
> 
> I would recommend Ruby wherever appropriate, but in this 
> case, I agree 
> with Robert.  His list of reasons was sound, I won't repeat them.
> 
> The only thing I would disagree with in his recommendation, 
> is that you 
> *should* use an app framework - but not a fancy one.  Struts is too 
> bloated for small apps and too big a learning curve.  But having 
> something to easily do validation and unmarshalling of request 
> parameters is useful.
> 
> I'd use maverick with throwaway controllers and velocity instead of 
> struts and jsp.
> 
> http://mav.sourceforge.net
> 
> -don
> 
> 
> 
> > Considering all this I'd recommend to go for plain Java.  Reasons:
> > 
> >  - you're quite proficient in Java
> > 
> >  - the JSP / Servlet framework is there and not really
> >    difficult to understand (IMHO) if you know web app
> >    basics (HTTP, HTML, control flow etc.)  In your case
> >    that seems sufficient, no need for some fancy web
> >    app framework (don't use Struts)
> > 
> >  - not mixing languages means saving yourself a lot of effort and
> >    a huge source of bugs
> > 
> >  - you might not even be allowed to use Ruby
> >    (because of interpreter compilation)
> > 
> > Next would be Ruby since it is IMHO more easily learned 
> than Perl and
> > there are webrick, eruby and others.
> > 
> > I would not consider Perl since you don't benefit in this situation:
> > Learning Ruby is easier and you don't need the additional 
> speed that Perl
> > exposes over Ruby for some applications.
> > 
> > Kind regards
> > 
> >     robert
> > 
> 
> 


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