You may have issues with RoR on your way but you'll never ever regret taking it up. And believe me, its not just the language or the framework. Its the community.
one up on test-first. good luck! On Aug 11, 9:21 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > AlwaysCharging wrote: > > I've read a ton of comparisons that compare one framework to another, > > and one language to another. There's so much conflicting advice out > > there that it's hard to know what is best. Did I make the right > > choice choosing Rails for my first web project? I guess we'll see. > > You probably did, although I've heard the assertion made that Rails may > not be the easiest thing for someone completely new to Web development. > > > > > The only reason why I'm hesitant is that a lot of the big name sites > > use php (facebook, wordpress, joomla, etc). At some point I'd like to > > write plugins and extensions for them and integrate with their API's > > with my site, will Rails will do the trick? > > Facebook has a public REST API that can be called from any language. > There's even a Facebooker gem to make it easier to do that from Rails. > However, whereas Facebook is an application with a public API, WordPress > and Joomla are frameworks (just like Rails is). Both are written in > PHP. If you want to develop for them, you'll have to work with PHP. > However, if you just want to provide a Web service for them to consume, > that can be in any language you like. > > > > > Also, I looked into django, the framework for python. I was sorta > > intrigued by python because that's what google uses and I believe > > yahoo as well. However, there is 0.00% chance of my little ol' web > > app ever reaching their seismic proportions, but from what I've read > > django is quite comparable to ruby and quite a bit faster. > > No. Django is comparable to *Rails*. Python is comparable to Ruby. > > I've never heard the claim that Django is faster than Rails. Your > source? > > > I guess > > that's the only reason why I'm still hesitant about choosing Rails. > > From what I've gathered is that Rails lags in speed and performance. > > Maybe. Maybe not. > > > > > So, why did I choose rails? It seems to be the easiest to code it in > > and it's very well documented. I hope that doesn't come back to bite > > me 'cause I'd rather put in extra work upfront to ensure the longevity > > of my site and the least amount of headaches in the future. > > Then please, do everything -- *everything!* -- test-first. That's the > single biggest step you can take to ensure long-term maintainability. > > > So the > > next few months all I'll be doing is eating, drinking, breathing > > Rails, and I just wanted to say hi and sorta introduce myself to the > > community. Thanks guys for all the documentation already out there > > and all the support you guys provide. > > Welcome! Good luck as you learn. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
