[ncolug] Re: Meeting topic

  • From: larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:47:10 -0400

Was that an actual commitment to doing a demo next month? Just asking.

David Fierbaugh wrote:
While a demo of some things that you can do rapidly with Rails is cool, I've found that knowing some Ruby is Very important. I was thinking something like:

quick intro to Ruby
- a first ruby script
- ruby - the program (interpreter)
- irb - Ruby Shell/command line (interactive ruby)
- erb - embedded ruby
- RAILS - Ruby based web development system
- Where it goes from here.......


On Thursday 13 July 2006 14:49, Chuck Stickelman wrote:
Ok, that's the sort of stuff I want/need to hear.
Let's have someone (you?) do a presentation on Ruby/Rails.  While I'm an
admitted skeptic, I'm not close-minded.

Chuck

David Fierbaugh wrote:
Rails is VERY MVC (Model, View, Controller) oriented. It uses ERB
(embedded ruby) extensively for handling layout and , but it has strong
separation of layout and content (as long as the programmer maintains it,
as with other web languages.)

On Tuesday 11 July 2006 15:17, Chuck Stickelman wrote:
Hey Teague!!  I haven't heard from you in a long while.  Glad to see
you're still active!!

My problem with Perl, Python, and maybe Ruby/Rails is that you quickly
loose the separation between the logic of the application and the
presentation.  Anytime you see HTML embedded in you logic a red flag
should go off.  I really think the data/content should be in XML w/
XSL-T, CSS, and JavaScript handling the rest.

Chuck

Nathan Teague wrote:
If you want fast web server/ web application construction with speed
and extensive controls

better make it pythonic

David Fierbaugh wrote:
On Monday 10 July 2006 23:01, Chuck Stickelman wrote:
I'd be interested in listening about Ruby/Rails - maybe someone could
explain to me "Why?"

Chuck

PS I'm a Ruby/Rails skeptic...
I love using Ruby and RAILS, that being said, I laugh at some of the
hype.

It does eliminate a lot of writing the same thing Over and Over and
Over. And you can get a prototype webapp up in an extraordinarily
short time, as long as you follow all the naming conventions, and your
app fits into a certain model range (that being said, it's easy to
move WAY beyond that quickly, once you figure out how.

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