From: Mitch Vincent <mitch@...>
Date: 2001-01-15T12:18:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9324] Re: Can ruby replace php?

It's funny me saying this after my comments about PHP but I'd *love* to be
able to easily produce web apps in Ruby. I'd love to get my hands on this!

-Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Avi Bryant" <avi@beta4.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:9313] Re: Can ruby replace php?


>
> 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
>
>