Some of are required to work on windows at work. I do have a
production Rails app running on a windows box. it's internal and
doesn't have a high hit rate so I'm ok with it. The box also runs ASP
classic on it, so it's running IIS and Apache. I like pain. At home I
use a Mac and prefer it.
I'm not going to get into a mac/win or html5/flash war. We can try to
steer our clients/boss to make better decisions. Enough on that.
Rails 3 has been very stable on my Windows machine and my Mac. I'm
even using Cucumber and rspec for BBD on rails 3.
I like how rails 3 allows you to use unobtrusive JavaScript. (http://
wetherubyists.com/blog/unobtrusive-ajax-with-rails-3)
If one plans ahead and can keep the back end separate from the front
end, you could write a desktop client, iPhone/iPad app, android app
and windows mobile app to access web services.
I know rails 3 is in beta but I would suggest going with it. I don't
know why I find it easier but I do. maybe it's because in rails 3 I'd
type
rails g scaffold user username:string password:string
easier to type than (remember this is on windows)
ruby script/generate scaffold user username:string password:string
I know it's not that much but it is less.
I've used rails since it's 0.9 days but in mo means a guru.
side note peepcode has some really good screen casts too http://peepcode.com/
Also noticed this website today. http://isuckatruby.com/
I also have a rails 3 "app" with Authlogic and
declarative_authorization.
Disclaimer: Not all the rspec tests have been written and I need to re-
factor all the tests. So please be kind when ripping it to shreds.
http://github.com/johnivanoff/auth_with_roles
Cheers,
John
On Jun 2, 9:17 am, Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> > TINODEV wrote:
> >> Hello,
>
> >> I'm a Ruby on Rails beginner, as well as Flash beginner..
> >> Recently started developing a Web application using Ruby on Rails
> >> (I'm using InstantRails on Windows..)..
> >> Few days ago the Application's design was changed and now the
> >> requirement is a Flash-based Web Application.
>
> >> Now, this brings me to ask a few question:
>
> >> * Can I develop an entire ROR Application with Flash?
>
> > Sure. But why would you want to? Flash presents serious usability
> > problems for mobile, iPad, and visually impaired users.
>
> +1
>
> Haven't you heard? Flash has passed it's prime, and is dying a slow and
> painful death. I don't even consider Flash when thinking about building
> web based applications anymore. Not even if I want an application on the
> web that feels and acts like a desktop application. There are too many
> excellent solutions today that make use of modern web standards that web
> browsers can run natively without depending on plugins.
>
> A couple of examples:http://cappuccino.org/ # My personal
> favoritehttp://www.sproutcore.com/http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ # My
> least favorite, but viable
>
> The great thing about these solutions is that they don't care what's on
> the server-side. At least that's the case for the first two in the list,
> I am only assuming it's true for GWT, but I'm not certain.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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