Comments on: RoR and FastCGI: Scaling using processes instead of threads http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/04/ror_and_fastcgi_scaling_using_processes_instead_of_threads/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Galaviz http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/04/ror_and_fastcgi_scaling_using_processes_instead_of_threads/#comment-22063 Matt Galaviz Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:36:16 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1482#comment-22063 One of the major reasons people would choose RoR over ASP.NET is the "free" factor. Other than that, I haven't seen RoR hosting or may sites even using that. I'm sure in the near future it might happen, but with .net, php, jsp, cfm, RoR might have a hard pushing into the market *just my opinion*. One of the major reasons people would choose RoR over ASP.NET is the “free” factor. Other than that, I haven’t seen RoR hosting or may sites even using that. I’m sure in the near future it might happen, but with .net, php, jsp, cfm, RoR might have a hard pushing into the market *just my opinion*.

]]> By: Sam Newman http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/04/ror_and_fastcgi_scaling_using_processes_instead_of_threads/#comment-22062 Sam Newman Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:52:24 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1482#comment-22062 I agree - for the little guy the fact that RoR gets you up and running quickly is a real plus. Interestingly, this is a similar market that much of the .NET toolset is aimed for - making stuff easy to use over offering the ultimate in scalability. I can't see many people deciding to drop a weblogic clister in favor of RoR, but I can see people choosing RoR over ASP.NET I agree – for the little guy the fact that RoR gets you up and running quickly is a real plus. Interestingly, this is a similar market that much of the .NET toolset is aimed for – making stuff easy to use over offering the ultimate in scalability. I can’t see many people deciding to drop a weblogic clister in favor of RoR, but I can see people choosing RoR over ASP.NET

]]> By: Scrivs http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/04/ror_and_fastcgi_scaling_using_processes_instead_of_threads/#comment-22061 Scrivs Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:34:11 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1482#comment-22061 Good points indeed Sam. Yeah currently it seems Basecamp is carrying the flag with regards to major Ruby development and I am sure most enterprises wouldn't consider that large-scale enough to give it a second glance. However, I don't see the need for Ruby to even hit the enterprises because what Rails does is open the web app game up for the little guy. Now developers can create web apps even quicker (assuming they know what they are doing) and with less effort than say with Java so I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of RoR popping up all over the place. Problem is many of these apps will just be rehashes of things we have already seen in PHP and Perl. Good points indeed Sam. Yeah currently it seems Basecamp is carrying the flag with regards to major Ruby development and I am sure most enterprises wouldn’t consider that large-scale enough to give it a second glance.

However, I don’t see the need for Ruby to even hit the enterprises because what Rails does is open the web app game up for the little guy. Now developers can create web apps even quicker (assuming they know what they are doing) and with less effort than say with Java so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of RoR popping up all over the place. Problem is many of these apps will just be rehashes of things we have already seen in PHP and Perl.

]]> By: Sam Newman http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/04/ror_and_fastcgi_scaling_using_processes_instead_of_threads/#comment-22060 Sam Newman Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:19:07 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1482#comment-22060 Quite the contrary - most of the people hyping Ruby/Ruby on rails are java programmers. That is the major problem - they are hyping. I've seen precious little balanced commentry on RoR. You question a pro piece, and you're immediately jumped on for being "defensive" and "bashing". Bottom line: even those people talking it up right now are not using it for much in the way of commercial development (that's where you get paid in Real Cash Money, not Ego Blog Points), and you have to ask the question why. Will it ever happen? Perhaps - but we need a more mature discussion on the subject than the current blog hype. Quite the contrary – most of the people hyping Ruby/Ruby on rails are java programmers. That is the major problem – they are hyping. I’ve seen precious little balanced commentry on RoR. You question a pro piece, and you’re immediately jumped on for being “defensive” and “bashing”. Bottom line: even those people talking it up right now are not using it for much in the way of commercial development (that’s where you get paid in Real Cash Money, not Ego Blog Points), and you have to ask the question why. Will it ever happen? Perhaps – but we need a more mature discussion on the subject than the current blog hype.

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