Hey Samuel,
> though I learnt they're switching to scala They're not actually switching to Scala. They're porting a large portion of their computational work to the JVM with Scala being one of the languages they use to power that. The web interface, last I checked, was still running on Rails :). > I'm currently learning ruby as a beginner to later carry on to Ruby on Rails > with the sole aim of developing a website similar to twitter... the project > is a bit complex than twitter and better. I'm glad you're learning Ruby, and looking towards using Rails. I feel I should point out that any Twitter Clone (and there have been many, like RStatus) really can only "beat" Twitter by becoming bigger. That's harder than simply writing a few thousand lines of code (which they've done as well). > What I want to find out is if I can build and complete the whole project with > only Ruby on Rails as the framework and obviously html/css as the design > structure? To answer your real question: Yes, in fact Twitter did it themselves! You've even got the advantage of having a more mature Rails. That said the reason they're replacing large portions of the process with Java related architecture is because Twitter handles *a massive amount of data*. It requires quite a lot of power to handle the kind of usage statistics they bring to the table. As a result they needed a language that was closer to the mettle, faster, and pretty stable under heavy loads. This isn't to say that Ruby *or* Rails are unstable, simply not as fast as Java. In the end you'll have to become somewhat of a polyglot, or at least have friends who know languages that do things better than Ruby if you want to make a "better" Twitter. Keep on your path though, and remember that the Rails Hotline is a free and open source of (volunteered) help for Rails developers. Cheers On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Samuel Mensah <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I noticed on a couple of sites and blogs that Twitter is one of the > major websites coded in rails (though I learnt they're switching to > scala). I'm currently learning ruby as a beginner to later carry on to > Ruby on Rails with the sole aim of developing a website similar to > twitter...(the project is a bit complex than twitter(P.S. and better) > but already structured). What I want to find out is if I can build and > complete the whole project with only Ruby on Rails as the framework and > obviously html/css as the design structure? I wouldn't want to have a > lot of languages going into the development of the project. > > By the way though, if anyone would like to find the project details and > might be interested in lending a hand, please do email me at > [email protected] > > -- > 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 [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-talk?hl=en. > > -- Kurtis Rainbolt-Greene: title: "Hacker, Designer, Author, & Father" address: "718 Mill Street, Springfield, OR 97477" phone: "(202) 643-2263" -- 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 [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-talk?hl=en.
