If you were to code a marketplace app like AirBnB today, what technology & stack would you use?

Rails
1

So having spent almost a year coding in RoR, I’m thinking of applying
“new
stuff” that I didn’t get to use in my past projects.

Keeping in mind that I want to keep improving my skills and experience
so
that someday I can find that elusive remote RoR job, what would you
suggest
I use?

I have on my list:

  1. CoffeeScript
  2. Haml
  3. Rspec and Capybara
  4. Database other than PostgreSQL
  5. Hosting other than Heroku
  6. BitBucket
2

I would add Angular (or another front end framework) and some type of
CI.

3

Would you replace any one on my list with something else? Which DB,
hosting
solution and source control would you use?

4

I would suggest Solr or MongoDB or (you pick) some other NoSQL db tool
as a
focus for item 4.

Git hard to beat for a source control choice.

You should add automation tools for working your production release
(installation, backup, error recovery, …).

5

Oops that must be ember not embe :frowning:

6

I am an Embe fan, so would like to use that to reduce server load.

7

Brandon,

why not using PostgreSQL?

Hosting: EngineYard https://www.engineyard.com/
SCM: git

Cheers

Andy

8

DigitalOcean is cool I gues - but it still costs :slight_smile:

here is a good comparison of the various service providers

9

Andy, trying to do something new to expand my skills and knowledge so
not
using PostgreSQL.

Karthikeyan, thanks will look into it. I know it may sound crazy to do
everything completely different from the current project but feeling
programatically inadequate lately after switching to Rails… Feels like
I’m
building a recipe list for a World of Warcraft hero.

But if I use Ember.js, that means bye-bye RoR?

10

+1 for postgre
Engine yard costs, better go for Digital Ocean or Linode

11

Not exactly, Ember brings a framework to the client side, just like Ruby
on Rails is a frame work to server side. You can try this gem

Though the your view of client side of application may change after
using ember, the server side will still be in Rails.

Goto How To Use The Guides - Getting Started - Ember Guides to learn it.

Enjoy Life!

12

curious what is it about heroku that turns people off

i even heard heroku is backed by the matz himself.

-Sam

13

Lack of control. The cost. Plus I am nervous about their addons, weather
if
I use it my app will be locked into heroku infrastructure.

But its great place to show a small free demo to some one.

14

If you’re looking for a new NoSQL option, check out
http://orchestrate.io, where all data is accessed via a RESTful
interface. I’ve been working on a couple of gems (one wraps the api,
while the other is a rails model mapper) and recently pushed them up to
rubygems.org.

You can find the docs at http://jimcar.github.io

I’d very much appreciate any feedback from the ruby community.

Thanks in advance,

James