Hello all,
My name is Hod and i have an idea of a website that i would like to
create.
I was checking joomla and Drupal but didnt get much help there, I hope
ROR can help me and so i need your advise.
Since i want to keep my site as secret as possible, i will not supply
much information except for the must.
My idea is to have a site that users can upload documents to this site
(free load)
Then paying customers will have the permission to watch this
documents.
For this i need;
a web interface
database that can manage the uploaded documents,
database that can manage the paying customers
query the above databases
system that manages the transactions (paying customers to my
account)
Does ROR can help me here?
Maybe it is the wrong place to ask, i dont know.
Any answer will be appriciated
-Hod
Ruby on Rails could certainly handle the work you described. As could
PHP, or any other web scripting language - so Joomla and Drupal could
also do it. Your call, really.
A year ago I had a similar question… can Rails do this for me??..
and the answer is a resounding yes… a year later I still haven’t
started the actual project… I have learned how to use Joomla (which
doesn’t really fit my requirements), and i’m getting more comfortable
with Rails by the day, and i’m nearly ready to start now (just a few
more sample apps should do it)… but it’s taken a lot of work and
sacrifice… I wouldn’t suggest tackling it unless you’re comfortable
with technical concepts (I have a degree in Electronic Engineering,
and had a little experience with object oriented coding - which REALLY
helps)…
What made me choose Rails??.. well, ultimately it was the experience
it would give me, it was far more of a challenge than PHP would be to
learn, but it would make me more employable than learning PHP would,
and ultimately would make me a better programmer - which will come in
handy if my brilliant idea doesn’t make me squillions of dollars
Beware, learning it from scratch is not for the faint of heart - but
if you have the bottle for it, give it a go, and best of luck to you
cheers
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