Might want to check out the following MerbCamp talk http://www.merbcamp.com/video/katz2.mp4 which addresses some of the questions you're interested in.
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Rich Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Along the lines of the recent thread, "Merb and JQuery ?", I'm > curious whether anyone's looking into using Merb with RubyJS. A > recent Advogato article provides some background and motivation: > > Blurring of MVC lines: Programming the Web Browser. > http://advogato.org/article/993.html > > As I read it, the article says that: > > - Most current Ajaxish solutions break the MVC paradigm. > > - It would be nice to be able to write applications using a > single procedural language (other than JavaScript :-). > > - cross-compilers such as RubyJS offer some possibilities, > particularly when assisted by client/server markup in the > source code. > > My take is that the author is onto some real problems and that > cross-compilers could indeed be a useful part of the solution. > However, I'm not certain what a comprehensive fix would involve. > > Frameworks such as Merb and Rails handle HTML views pretty well. > jQuery washes a lot of laundry for simple client-server designs. > Unfortunately, our frameworks run out of steam when it comes to > encapsulating heavy-duty client-server patterns. > > So, I'm hoping that some bright people figure out the patterns > and create frameworks that deal nicely with issues like client/ > server state maintenance, distributed business rules, etc. > > In the meanwhile, RubyJS looks like useful infrastructure. I'd > be interested in any comments about the problem space, possible > solutions, etc. > > -r > -- > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 > > Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
