Ruby app to rails?

Rails
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Hi.

Im am considering porting an c++ application to Ruby, and me company
would also like to have an web-version of this particular application.

If say there is an XML validator in the app. Then can Ruby and RoR share
this in an easy way, so i wouldnt have to maintain 2 branches of the
same XML validator.

Best Regards.
Lasse Thomsen

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On a strict code basis, use of svn externals might help here.

For a functional share usage, you could use simple web-services. If your
data is already XML based, web-services will suck this right up in a
hurry.

-Nick

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Nick S. wrote:

On a strict code basis, use of svn externals might help here.

For a functional share usage, you could use simple web-services. If your
data is already XML based, web-services will suck this right up in a
hurry.

-Nick

My data isnt nessacary XML based, it can be any type of format. Ranging
from database entry to mission-files and XML. The idea is to use an
build pattern, so that we can process the data apart from the view, so
the idea is to have build a view for the standalone application and a
view for the web application. (they donst display data in the same way)

But if i could share the code-base for the engine, then it would
wonderfly. Perpaps via web-services, which I will look into.

Thanks for your reply.

Best Regards.
Lasse Thomsen

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Lasse Thomsen wrote:

Hi.

Im am considering porting an c++ application to Ruby, and me company
would also like to have an web-version of this particular application.

If say there is an XML validator in the app. Then can Ruby and RoR share
this in an easy way, so i wouldnt have to maintain 2 branches of the
same XML validator.

Best Regards.
Lasse Thomsen

As long as the business logic is separated out into a library it should
be super simple. Just add a svn:externals in your /lib that pulls the
app libraries from wherever they are. Then your controller just trigger
the library methods.

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Alex W. wrote:

As long as the business logic is separated out into a library it should
be super simple. Just add a svn:externals in your /lib that pulls the
app libraries from wherever they are. Then your controller just trigger
the library methods.

Thanks, just what i wanted to hear. (We are still in the look-around in
new techs to consider, but this made Ruby and RoR sound more as a good
way to go)

Best Regards
Lasse Thomsen