Hi all!
I’m new to ruby, therefore please excuse me for asking stupid questions
I am looking for a framework which implements all the fancy web 2.0
features (user management, messaging, rating, profiles etc.), since I
think I don’t have to reinvent these thinks, as this has been done
thousand times before.
I did a quick search on the forum and found only Nitro. But as the
website seems to have problems (or at least I can’t access the doc) I
could not figure out.
Helpfull comments are highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sebastian
Sebastian Schuon wrote:
Hi all!
I’m new to ruby, therefore please excuse me for asking stupid questions
I am looking for a framework which implements all the fancy web 2.0
features (user management, messaging, rating, profiles etc.), since I
think I don’t have to reinvent these thinks, as this has been done
thousand times before.
Dude those are Web 1.0 features
Anyhoo, if you’re new to Ruby I think you may be trying to run before
you can crawl. Rails a is a framework for building web apps in Ruby.
It comes bundled with prototype and scriptaculous which are JavaSCript
libraries for (among other things) doing lots of fancy DHTML effects and
Ajax calls.
Rails has a plugin system which allows third-party code to integrate.
There are many useful plugins for soing the kind of things you are
talking about (authentication, rating etc).
But, as I said, you may be running before you can crawl here.
You may fare better with an off the shelf app like Drupal or something,
rather than trying to code your own in a language you aren’t familiar
with.
I am, in my own way, suggesting you give me your keys and get a cab
because a friend wouldn’t let you drive right now.
Alan
