Welcome to Web Driven

written by damien on October 22nd, 2007 @ 08:38 PM

Finally I did it ! Here is my new blog. As you can see it is powered by Mephisto using the Ruby on Rails framework. I chose to host this blog on HostingRails.com

Well, as the title says, this blog is about web development. I will try to talk about many different things: mostly including Ruby and Ruby on Rails development, using Prototype and Script.aculo.us with Rails to improve user experience… and all the various things I may find interesting to talk about.

You may realize my english is not that good, but I’ll do my best to improve and make my writings pleasant to read :)

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  • Miskin on 22 Oct 23:36

    Is RoR the right choice ? :P

  • damien on 23 Oct 08:47

    Haha, that’s the question many people ask. And like many Rails developers I will say: “of course” :)

    I’m not gonna explain the reasons here and now, and I don’t want to get into “Rails vs The rest of the world” yet :P

  • dworkin on 03 Nov 16:42

    Did you test “mootools” ? Then, why did you choose prototype ?

  • Damien Le Berrigaud on 25 Nov 16:52

    When you use Ruby on Rails, you want to use all the tools it provides. Rails provides RJS which is ruby code that automatically generates Javascript. The Javascript generated by Rails makes use of Script.aculo.us and subsequently Prototype.

    As there is no direct integration of Mootools into Rails and as it is not compatible with Prototype, I won’t take the time to use it. But you may have seen Moo.fx which is a library on top of Mootools which can create some nice effects (like Script.aculo.us with Prototype). And Moo.fx can also make use of Prototype :) As there are many libraries that use Prototype and can do the same things that Mootools do, I won’t us it… for now :)

    I will write an article in a not to ditant future with links to various libraries I use in the new user interface I use for Dexem’s new software, hope to see you there :)

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