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- Netmindstorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49I found ajax to work well on floors, counter tops, and bath tubs...never thought about using it on rails...thanks
- furyg3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Building a Framework of Ajax on Rails with XML will surely allow me to gain Eyeballs on my Web 2.0 site and allow me to transition from a Brick-and-Mortar model to a more long-tail presence which appreciated by the Blogosphere, Podcasters, and Social Bookmarkers.
Maybe I can even Astroturf support with some Viral Videos supported with an RSS backend.
Wiki. - furyg3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Indeed! Using Ajax on rails makes them flickr. It can even be used to remove the artwork of taggers. Don't drink it, it's not delicious.
- BonusEruptus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7If everyone on Digg ***** cold fusion, we'd all be millionaires and Nobel prize winners.
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Now, I've never used Rails, myself... but this quote seemed a fitting reply:
“Ruby on Rails is astounding. Using it is like watching a kung-fu movie, where a dozen bad-ass frameworks prepare to beat up the little newcomer only to be handed their asses in a variety of imaginative ways.”
--Nathan Torkington, O'Reilly - ookami7m, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Perhaps you've heard of Amazon.com... they're using alot of Rails backend products..
Also you ever buy candy at the cash register of Best Buy/Circuit City/Autozone/Sports Authority?
They get to you thanks to a warehouse management system written in Rails that my company wrote :) - banana989, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm using Rails to develop a web application. Rails is fantastic for any web-application that is database driven. It makes interaction with the db extremely easy. It also takes care of all your URL mappings, sessions, and whatever fancy webbie words I'm supposed to use.
As a developer who has never written a web app (save some simple php scripts) Rails has made my transition very easy. Rails makes web development feel more like a real application. I've even used some AJAX crap without too much trouble.
Of course- it isn't just rails. I'm sure that Django, Tubrbogears, or whatever other framework I'm not mentioning make this easy as well. - banana989, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@fej64 - if myspace is any indication of how coldfusion works I wouldn't touch it with at 100m pole
- fej64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think myspace is an indication that coldfusion can still (barely) run huge sites depsite awful programming. I have listed to the myspace technical people speak at coldfusion conferences, and I have spoken to the owner of NewAtlanta (Myspace actually uses a competitor to Adobe's coldfusion engine, called BlueDragon), and myspace seems to have been overwhelmed by their surge of success and just band-aided every problem as they added hundreds of servers per month in vain trying to keep up with demand.
You can write sloppy code in any language. There are a ton of high profile sites using coldfusion. A ton. Here is a good list:
http://forta.com/cf/using/
While its unfortunate that the language looks unstable from one company's implementation of it, there are plenty of others doing things right. And with the introduction of Railo (railo.ch), coldfusion is almost free, and much better positioned to compete with php & the like. - jtei, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2hmm..nothing too new for the rails community. For AJAX on Rails, I would recommend RJS Templates: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rjsrails/
- boolean, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You surely don't know how digg works.
- Equistatic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Where do I sign?
- elroy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2It's tough on dirt.
- mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm not complaining about the story. Actually, I found it interesting. I've been dabbling in Ruby on Rails lately. I just don't see how it makes the front page for more than 12 straight hours. I know the Digg algorithm has changed, but I'm not sure what I think of it right now.
- newbsawbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone care to comment further on Ruby as opposed to Django for AJAX development? As a newcomer to web development / programming in general I am trying to decide how/where to focus my attention.
I would humbly appreciate any input. - boaman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1worst reference ever
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0ajax is definately happening. simple example is digg button. i have used ajax in many projects like rating an article, or displaying search results dynamically. But with rails work becomes so easy. It has inbuilt functions to use ajax likea childs play
- dtjm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I'd laugh out loud if I weren't at work =) Digg!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Can't wait to hear about the next technology darling in the blogosphere. I'm ready for ya! LET ME HAVE IT!
- skored, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5First comment all day that actually made me laugh out loud
- fej64, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0big whoop, so does coldfusion
- oklahomazeke, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0truthfully, you all sound like idiots (IMHO)
can someone please make a worthwhile comment on this thread? Anybody here that actually programs or writes web code????
p.s.
my skills stop at HTML - mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1This story has been on the main page literally ALL DAY. Why? It doesn't have that many diggs. I understand that some items can make the front page with only a few diggs, due to the frequency of diggs etc..
But, literally ALL day? For a 200 digg story? I don't get it.
I'm not saying there is any kind of conspiracy or anything. I just go to digg.com to see whats new several times a day. But lately, I see mostly the exact same stories for a whole day. - fej64, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Oh please, For all the talk about rails, I cant think of any high profile sites that use it besides the 37 signals sites. Everyone on digg poo-poo's coldfusion, but its MUCH more widely used.
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2AJAX on Rails 2.0 * Beta!
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