RoR is NO Silver Bullet
Posted by Random | Filed under Random Stuff
Fábio Akita talks about being pragmatic when deciding whether to use Ruby on Rails:
It is here now and many people are already benefiting from it. But, does it make it suitable for every web application? Definitely not. For that you have to decide yourself through hands-on experience. The result for your situation will differ from someone else. There are several reasons to choose one framework over the other: some are technical, some are economics, some are cultural. Whatever the case, there is no Silver Bullet. How many times do we have to repeat that. Fred Brooks warned us 3 decades ago! And this time is no different: RoR is NO Silver Bullet. Nor is ASP.NET for that matter.
Is RoR right for you? Choosing a platform is rarely a simple decision. However, you have a good chance of making the right choice if you start by putting down your requirements for your project. Write down what you want your application to do for users, and then start looking for a framework that will help you accomplish those goals.
Choosing the technology first is like buying a spring form pan before finding out whether your customer prefers pie over cheesecake, or perhaps would just like to buy a loaf of bread, thank you very much. There’s a very good chance you will guess wrong.
RoR is a great framework and has sparked developers of other web application frameworks to get their act together. Just make sure you look at the pros and cons surrounding Ruby on Rails and any other platform you evaluate.
Random
[?]