[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-10 Thread G. Clifford Williams
I think I'm in a pretty good position to talk about modifying things in web2py as I recently took the template engine created for web2py and separated it out as a library that can be integrated with other projects. In addition, I've been using the framework since ~ late 2008. There are several

[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-09 Thread Cliff Kachinske
Maybe I can answer your question by describing how I use Web2py. I begin with models. The DAL has so far provided all the functionality I need. That said, I also will need to implement a union query in the future and I don't think the DAL supports it. However, on this forum there was recentl

[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-09 Thread murtaza52
Massimo, Appreciate your comments. As mentioned by you, web2py has packaged all the functionality needed by a web app in a single api, and I am finding this very interesting. This certainly allows one to create a web app pretty fast. The only remaining question is that how easy is it to pull

[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-06 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
As pointed out what I said is that I would pick ROR of "most" python frameworks. In general I prefer to program in Python rather then Ruby. Indentation makes the code more readable and there are more libraries. Ruby is used in Rails but not much else. Python is used for all kind of things (thi

[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-06 Thread Cliff Kachinske
I tried ROR. As a relative noob to both Python and Ruby I will testify that Python allows much more concise and readable code. This means less typing and easier debugging. This means, in turn, that the time from project start to final payment checkpoint is shorter and the ongoing maintenance

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-06 Thread Bruno Rocha
Rails has 37 signals, 37 signals has a very good marketing team. Thats it!

[web2py] Re: web2py vs ROR

2012-07-06 Thread pbreit
I think the main thing is that Rails is much more prevalent and so easier to sell to other team members, recruits, etc. Web2py is much easier to use.