The results have just been in and the Ruby-on-Rails team from Finalist
IT Group reached an incredible second place!
We’re actually so surprised, that I personally expect the start of RoR
projects here soon. We’ve already announced some RoR courses. And that
while we’re mainly a Java-only shop!
From the announcement:
Development Tools 2006 (formerly known as RAD Race), is not just a
contest for developing applications as fast as you can. It’s also a
serious showcase, evaluation and analysis of the development tools that
are used by the participating teams. The RAD Race is an annual event
since 1991. The event will be organized by Software Release magazine.
Although it was advertised that the results would be announced at http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/ (in Dutch), the page still shows
pictures from last year
Apparently they used some home-grown 4GL tool written in Java.
You can find more information on www.crossmarx.com.
BTW http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/ is now up to date. According to
this site the winners won with a whopping 30% more functionality points
then the second team. Still, second is not so bad
For non Dutch-speaking people, here’s the relevant section about
Finalist IT:
Het bedrijf Finalist IT deed voor de eerste keer mee. En om hun
kansen te vergroten, hadden ze twee teams ingezet. Het ene team
gebruikte Java en het andere Ruby on Rails. Het eerste team was niet
succesvol, het tweede wel. Door het gebruik van Ruby waren ze in
staat een prachtige tweede plaats te veroveren. Het is bekend dat
werken met Ruby de productiviteit verhoogt. Tijdens deze race werd
dit duidelijk bewezen. Ruby is een taal met potentieel, maar krijgt
nog niet de aandacht die het verdient.
Loosely translated:
The company Finalist IT entered the competition for the first time.
To increase their chances, they had two teams. One team was using
Java, the other one Ruby on Rails. The first team wasn’t very
succesful, the second team was. By using Ruby, they were able to
finish second. It’s known working with Ruby increases productivity.
This was clearly proven during this race. Ruby is a language with
great potential, but hasn’t yet gotten the attention it deserves.
On 30 Mar 2006, at 16:08, Erik van Oosten wrote:
IT Group reached an incredible second place!
So what software did the first place team use?
