Question of a newbie

Rails
1

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

2

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.

3

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 :wink:

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