Have you Ever Tried Ruby on Rails?
We have been seduced, and her name is Ruby. The initial version of freeCSScart had been developed in php, but as we continued to play more and more with Ruby on Rails, we were dragged away and enticed by her simple, power. So after months of developing in php, we have officially decided to swith development into 100%, pure, simple, Ruby on Rails.
This is great news for you! Becuase it means faster page load times, quicker database querys, and most of all, more AJAX sweetness! Yes ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is even more powerful than we could expect it to be!
And those rumors that you heard that it takes about 1/5th of the time to develop in RoR as it would in php or some other language, well, we agree!
We are planning to have a “mini-alpha” release for the 15th in Ruby on Rails. This “mini-alpha” will showcase our css and design engine! Therefore be checking your e-mails and make sure you are signed up for our e-mail list, because we will be accepting only the first 200 people for this “mini-alpha” release.
Thumbs up on ROR.
A few points to the people moaning…
If you have a decent host, they willshould support ROR, like Dreamhost.com or Site5.com for example. To say it is a toy language or the sites that use it aren’t serious enough just proves that you don’t know anything about it.
Good luck with the project I will be watching it closely!
http://forum.freecsscart.com/viewtopic.php?pid=328#p328
my opinion.
Please! ROR is stupid fad. It’s a toy language. Don’t do anything serious on ROR. I know there are a ton of websites running on ROR, but none of them are serious enough.
If you want a real shopping cart, do it in PHP as you did, or in Perl.
Please dont do that, use php instead of ror, there is limited support from hosting companies for ruby…
based off of the numbers of adverse comments, we have decided to make a forum poll, asking which version people would rather use. You can find the poll here:
http://forum.freecsscart.com/viewtopic.php?pid=315#p315
this is a bummer. ruby is a great product, but is just going to really limit your customers.
The “knocking” is coming from those who have tried it and have found its shortcomings. Are you aware that it’s a processor hog which makes it difficult to scale? Most people fall in love with RoR at first, but most seasoned programmers that I’ve worked with (who have used RoR) realize that it’s mostly made out of hype and that it was created by a smug prick. If you want transparency (especially with bugs and exploits — this is after all an e-commerce package) and you want scalability, you’re probably better off using something like PHP. And again, the choice to go with RoR also limits the amount of people who will actually use your software. That’s not a smart business move in my mind.
The truth is…
we were skeptical about Ruby on Rails before we used it. Now, that we have used it, we won’t go back. So unless you have tried it, don’t knock it becuase it is changing the web as we know it.
I dunno what they’re talking about but I’m 100% even more excited about the product now!
I’ve started soing my own Ruby programming and playing with the Rails framework and I love it. My host just migrated me to a ruby supported environment for my own development, so if you realease this you’ve got me on board!
No No No….. Just unbscribed from your RSS Feed. But I guess its all up to you, its your product. Not a great fan of ruby also it means I have to get a host that supports it. big disappointment. All the best but won’t be checking up anymore.
Rails + Free CSS Cart =
I have to agree, this is not a good thing. I was so excited about a new well designed standards shopping cart but now it’s going to be no use to me or an awful lot of developers.
Sorry to hear this, see you around!
What a shame. I just lost a lot of interest in your product. Although it’s true that you can develop faster using RoR, you will find that it does come with limitations and is not the panacea of programming languages for the Web. Also, assuming that you plan on releasing the code, you will also be reducing the amount of people who will be able to use your product since many good hosting providers (like Pair) still don’t provide a good environment to run it (like the absence of FastCGI).
Rails + Free CSS Cart =