Re:Moving on from Rails
by fuzzix on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @05:01AM
(#3294490)
"So what web framework are we supposed to use now?"
Flippant answer: Whatever works
Pointed answer: I am paid to write RoR apps. When I need to get stuff done at home I use Perl, if it's for the web I recommend Dancer[1], which was inspired by (i.e. nicked from[2]) Sinatra[3].
I've found MVC to be a little bit too much architecture and scaffolding for many tasks.
edit: Not to say I don't want an architecture, but the routes and templating of Dancer are the essentials. Occasionally I will find myself missing the bloody lovely validations in Rails' ActiveRecord, but I am usually grateful for the light weight of the finished product and the fact that the entirety of it fits in my head when building with Dancer.
Flippant answer: Whatever works
Pointed answer: I am paid to write RoR apps. When I need to get stuff done at home I use Perl, if it's for the web I recommend Dancer[1], which was inspired by (i.e. nicked from[2]) Sinatra[3].
I've found MVC to be a little bit too much architecture and scaffolding for many tasks.
edit: Not to say I don't want an architecture, but the routes and templating of Dancer are the essentials. Occasionally I will find myself missing the bloody lovely validations in Rails' ActiveRecord, but I am usually grateful for the light weight of the finished product and the fact that the entirety of it fits in my head when building with Dancer.
[1] http://perldancer.org/
[2] ;)
[3] http://www.sinatrarb.com/