Daryl, I hate to be a killjoy, but from what you've written, it sounds to me like you're partly picking Rails because it's what *you* want, rather than what the client wants? I've been guilty of this in the past, and let me tell you, it can be more pain than it's worth in the long run.
It's great to get commercial Rails experience to add to your portfolio, but if this is a project where you need to pick a solution that the client and their team buys into as a group, then you need to either accept that, or maybe you need to say "thanks, but no thanks." If the client's team feels like it's *you* that has made the decision, and they've not had any input into it, you WILL get push-back and you WILL become the focal point for complaints/blame/whispered threats of pain and/or death. :D If they're still looking for a GUI builder or some form of RAD environment, then it seems like they don't fully understand what they're getting into? Perhaps you're better off looking for a client that doesn't need "convincing" but has already bought into the idea of using Rails and understands what the development process is? Better to work with folks who are into Rails than those who are going to constantly be complaining that it doesn't do X or Y or Z like they can do with their favourite tools. Just my 2c worth... I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but as I say, this is just the impression I have from what you've written. Cheers, Warren On 06/10/2010, at 10:49 AM, Daryl Moulder wrote: > I should add that they are looking for a drag and drop GUI builder. While I > am familiar with NetBeans and Ruby Mine, I am not sure if they provide a GUI > builder as such. > > Daryl > > Sent from my iPad > > On 06/10/2010, at 10:25 AM, Daryl Moulder <dmoul...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> I managed to convince my client that Ruby on Rails was a good way to go for >> a particular project. This is great as it will enable me to build up a >> commercial portfolio. >> >> One issue though is they come from a Delphi background and would like some >> kind of RAD environment. I have pointed out the Ruby in Steel Visual Studio >> plugin. >> >> Does anyone else know of any gui builder type environments for Rails? >> >> I'm hoping to work mainly in Textmate in OS X and then get it working with a >> gui builder so that they can see the interface more clearly. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> Daryl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
