Surely, there's an elephant in the room here: FreeAgent Central, the accounting/book-keeping product (written in Rails).
http://www.freeagentcentral.com/ (or with my referrer id) http://www.freeagentcentral.com/?referrer=2y02htpp On the other side of the Atlantic there's https://www.iacez.com/home and http://lessaccounting.com/ On 23 Jun 2010, at 10:39, Peter Morris wrote: > Hmmmmm, no need for double entry.... > > I was once told that double entry book keeping was one of the main invented > machines of the human race. > > Along with the wheel, lever, fire etc. > > I think it would be very difficult to gain acceptance for any accounting > system that did not at least approximate the functionality of double entry > book keeping. > > > On 23 Jun 2010, at 09:52, Graham Salmon wrote: > >> Thanks. I'll take a look at that. I was trying to avoid using traditional >> accountancy coding systems,eg Sage, because they are based on the >> centuries-old manual double entry system. Frankly there is no need for a >> 'double entry' aspect in current systems. >> >> From: Francis Fish <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 8:22:33 >> Subject: Re: [NWRUG] Re: Ruby on Rails- Financial applications >> >> "It's just software" - acts_as_taggable plugin? >> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acts_as_taggable_on_steroids >> >> Unless you're talking about accountancy-style coding systems - that's more a >> function of the package than Rails, surely? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Francis >> >> Follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/fjfish >> Blog at http://www.francisfish.com >> (you can also buy my books from there!) >> CV http://www.pharmarketeer.com/francis.html >> >> Comfort the frightened, coach the clueless and teach the uninformed. Seth >> Godin >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Graham Salmon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi Benjamin >> Is it a bookkeeping based app? I'm concerned that Rails may be too >> inflexible to accommodate sufficient tagging for customised reports. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 22 Jun 2010, at 01:52, Ebotech <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Jun 21, 9:34 am, Graham Salmon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> B2B accounting >> > >> > I am in the middle of writing a rails based accounting app if that >> > helps... >> > >> > >> > Benjamin >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "NWRUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NWRUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NWRUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NWRUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
