Rails is great for building a simple "dynamic" website or a quick proof-of-concept app, but let's face it, it's too slow and rigid for large web applications. At least in my experience.
What I'm looking for is a lighter, more flexible framework that will let me code in Ruby and use DataMapper without forcing me to conform to too many silly conventions. So far, I've played with Merb (http://merbivore.com/) and Ramaze (http://ramaze.net/). Pretty soon I found myself favoring one over the other, but I'm curious as to the experiences other developers might have had with these frameworks. Are they stable and scalable enough to be ready for prime time? What about ease of use, extensibility, helpers, community, etc? And, while we're at it, what about Camping (http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/), Nitro (http://www.nitroproject.org/), Wuby (http://wuby.org/), Halcyon (http://halcyon.rubyforge.org/), or Vintage (http://vintage.devjavu.com/)? Have you used any of these frameworks? Do you think any of them has the potential to become the framework of choice for the more advanced developer? Btw, what happened to Sinatra? Andreas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
