From: Jon Aseltine <aseltine@...>
Date: 2001-01-15T09:07:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9314] Re: Can ruby replace php?

Avi Bryant wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Mitch Vincent wrote:
> > I think Ruby is suited to everything, it's an awesome
> > language, I wouldn't say it's better than PHP for web apps though...
> 
> If anyone is interested in using Ruby for web apps - I've been working on
> a fairly sophisticated Ruby-based web framework on the model of Apple's
> WebObjects.  Its main selling point is a complete separation of
> presentation from logic - each page/component consists of a single ruby
> class definition and a single block of pure html, with no need for
> embedded code or special tags, and with the framework taking care of the
> mechanics of syncing the html elements to the ruby class (roughly, form
> elements <-> attributes, links/submits -> methods, lists/tables <-
> arrays).  Your applications run persistently, communicating
> to the outside world through a simple apache module.
> 
> I'm hesitant to release it publicly at this point mostly because it has
> essentially no documentation... but if anyone's seriously interested I
> wouldn't mind making it available in a limited way.
> 
> avi

I am *very* interested. This is exactly what I have been looking for,
and was almost prepared to write it myself. Could I have it? Please? :)

Jon

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  Jonathan Aseltine     aseltine@cs.umass.edu     MAS, Umass, Amherst