REST is much larger than ActiveResource. ActiveResource is one implementation of a client library that consumes RESTful resources. If it doesn't suit you, write your own.
Furthermore (and forgive the further abuse of this metaphor, which I think is not entirely accurate), just because you're going to Mexico does not mean you should learn Spanish. It may be more cost-effective in the short-term to hire a translator. Rails itself has definitely picked sides in the WS-* debate, and REST is where Rails is going. That does not mean you cannot write web-services in Rails that use SOAP or XML-RPC, it just means that you're going to have to grab a plugin and get your hands dirty. Rails, as you might have heard, is opinionated. :) - Jamis On 6/28/07, S. Robert James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 22, 5:33 pm, "Michael Koziarski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I definitely agree that using SOAP is definitely one of the key > > weaknesses of most places that call themselves enterprise. Rails > > has picked its side in the whole WS-* / REST thing, and we're sticking > > with it. > > Have to disagree here. > > First, speaking a language that someone else understands - customer, > partners, users, clients, whatever - is not a weakness. I may think > that Hindi is a better language than Spanish. But if I'm going to > Mexico, learning their language is the right thing. > > When I build an app, I want my customers and users to be able to > connect to it how they like - not give them a sermon in architecture. > > Aside from which, SOAP is well proven software supported on nearly > every platform you can think of. ActiveResource at this point is > labware. Promising labware, perhaps, but certainly nothing I can > expect all of my customers to use. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
