[Please quote when replying -- it makes the thread easier to follow.] TINODEV wrote: > Many thanks for the answers :) > > @ Marnen - Appreciate your advice and recommendations as for > JavaScript.. > I assume you mean JavaScript / Ajax?
I meant what I said. Use Ajax or not as your application demands. > Anyway, I'll look into it in more depth... > [...] > As for InstantRails - My feeling is sonner than later I'll try and > configure Rails on Windows on my own.. even if only for having a > better feeling of it and how to.. Why? Most Rails devs on Windows seem to use InstantRails. > When I come to do this (unless I combine moving to Rails 3 at the same > time), > Your blog entry would be very useful :) > > Anyway, the reason I haven't moved to Rails 3 yet (though developing a > new application, no backward compatibility needed) is it's still a > beta.. I really want to go into it but need the application to be very > stable and don't have much time to play around (though anyway, I'm > learning in parallel), so am not sure I should move right now to Rails > 3, unless will hear different feedbacks.. I'm not sure you should either. Rails 3 has a lot of amazing features, but it's still prerelease software, and I'm not certain that it's fully stable yet. But do switch when it's released! > Also, now, having JavaScript in mind and my "view" requirements, maybe > Rails 3 can actually make things easier/smoother for me? > Well, Rails 2's JavaScript helpers should be entirely avoided, because they mix JavaScript into your HTML, which is bad coding practice (JavaScript, like CSS, really belongs in separate files from HTML). I understand Rails 3 fixes this. > Hmm.. also, How's you experience so far using Rails 3 on Windows > (assuming you do use it on windows)? > I certainly don't use Windows, and I really don't recommend that anyone else develop on it either. If you can't get a Mac, at least set up a Linux VM or something. :) > Again - many thanks :) > > tino. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
