TINODEV wrote: > Ok.. > > Took me a while to answer and try to figure out what direction was > suggested by each one of you.. > > Replying here in general, but referring to ideas, links and > suggestions contributed by you all, so - thanks, everyone! :)
You're welcome. However, note that you seem to be going about your technical decision process in the wrong way, and will probably wind up in a bad place as a result. > > You all supplied me with valuable information.. > Yet due to multiple opinions / suggestions / different implementation > advices, > I'm again not sure where to be heading regarding the app's UI.. > Then be agile and start simple. Use HTML (with JavaScript as necessary) until you can establish that it won't do the trick. > As I'm developing on Windows, remarks concerning Objective-C, Cocoa, > putting Cappuccino at the same sentence.. make me think this is not > the things for me right now even if I wanted to (wish it was).. Then you completely misunderstood. Cappuccino is a JavaScript framework inspired by Obj-C. There's nothing OS-specific in it AFAIK. Really, take the initiative and do some research! > Not > sure about SproutCore.. I understand the pros and cons of using Flex/ > Flash, though was nice to hear there are developers out there who do > use it (on windows), in case I do follow this direction... > After better understanding the suggestions, my tendency (or wish at > least) is to follow tools / technologies which will make my app more > likely to be accessible on most platform / following Standards- > compliant HTML.. I think that's a good choice. But that shouldn't be surprising. :) > > That being said, I do need to separate between my wishes to further > study and follow your suggestions and the app's deadlines.. > for the long run, I understand I should be looking into writing > JavaScript independent code myself, or try Rails 3's JavaScript > Helpers when it's stability is more probable > > BUT - right now I have no JavaScript knowledge or experience.. could > learn things, but will take time - time I'm not sure I have right > now.. therefore, unless this knowledge to start things from scratch is > crucial in order to use JavaScript in my app I AM (sigh) looking for > tools / examples / advices to shorten my way to the required app's > UI.. You're asking the impossible. You can't write a Web app without knowing HTML. You can't write a Rails app without knowing Ruby. You can't rely on Rails' JavaScript helpers to keep you from learning JavaScript, any more than you can rely on ActiveRecord to keep you from learning SQL. If you intend to write this application, you must understand the technologies you'll be using. There is no shortcut. I recommend reading David Flanagan's "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" -- it's apparently the only JS book that actually teaches proper programming practice -- and I've also heard good things about Doug Crockford's "JavaScript: The Good Parts". > > So - basically asking here for more detailed information and/or help > if you can supply me with some... > > Thanks, a lot :) > > tino. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://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-t...@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.
