[9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
Just a thought. Is Rails even necessary? Other server-side alternatives do exist, and they can be written. IIRC, the author of rit mentioned it being used in his Pegasus server...

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread hiro
What is the advantage of rails anyway? I had a quick glance, but still don't really understand it's function. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Pietro Gagliardi wrote: > Just a thought. > > Is Rails even necessary? Other server-side alternatives do exist, and they > can be written. IIRC, the autho

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/4/16 hiro <23h...@googlemail.com>: > What is the advantage of rails anyway? > I had a quick glance, but still don't really understand it's function. MVC development model. Allows you to abstract the data from the code from the design, but easily access needed parts from other needed parts. On

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread Jack Johnson
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Pietro Gagliardi wrote: > Is Rails even necessary? If all you have is an object, everything looks like a method. ;) -J

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
On Apr 16, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: MVC development model Good point. I think I'll get started porting Cocoa to Plan 9. =P

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-16 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Apr 16 13:52:22 EDT 2009, devon.od...@gmail.com wrote: > 2009/4/16 hiro <23h...@googlemail.com>: > > What is the advantage of rails anyway? > > I had a quick glance, but still don't really understand it's function. > > MVC development model. Allows you to abstract the data from the code > f

Re: [9fans] Rails? (was Re: web server)

2009-04-17 Thread Tom Lieber
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:51 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > without some constraints on the data, you can't show that your design > works.  without some idea of what the data could be, how do you pick > appropriate algorithms? The point of the model is to enforce constraints. It is the gateway to th