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]]> By: A Real-Life .NET to Rails rewrite « Curt’s Comments http://scobleizer.com/2005/12/19/i-made-phil-ripperger-stand-in-line-for-an-xbox-360/comment-page-4/#comment-6743 A Real-Life .NET to Rails rewrite « Curt’s Comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:54:48 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/12/19/i-made-phil-ripperger-stand-in-line-for-an-xbox-360/#comment-6743 [...] Yesterday, I commented on a blog post by Microsoft’s Robert Scoble who asked why developers are leaving .NET for Ruby on Rails. As I said then, the post itself was short, but there were many comments posted, and a lot of those posts directly answered his question. [...] [...] Yesterday, I commented on a blog post by Microsoft’s Robert Scoble who asked why developers are leaving .NET for Ruby on Rails. As I said then, the post itself was short, but there were many comments posted, and a lot of those posts directly answered his question. [...]

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]]> By: Thomas Lucero http://scobleizer.com/2005/12/19/i-made-phil-ripperger-stand-in-line-for-an-xbox-360/comment-page-4/#comment-6742 Thomas Lucero Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:31:32 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/12/19/i-made-phil-ripperger-stand-in-line-for-an-xbox-360/#comment-6742 I am in the process of early design/architecture of a multiplayer computer game. As part of my never-ending search for knowledge, I ran across ruby on the XProgramming.com site by Ron Jeffries, and that led me to Ruby on Rails, which led me to Ajaz... and fell in love with the ruby language syntax. I liked python, but either it or I was not up to enterprise/bet my paycheck standards for larger projects. Anyhow, after reading enough of the Programming Ruby book, I decided to give Linux another chance (I'd tried a SuSe, version 4 or 5, and Mandrake, versions 6-8. I searched through my cd collection, found a copy of DSL Linux, noted that my newer computer had more than 50 mb free drive space, and used the Mepis burn instead. Well, it had ruby 1.8.2 and, more importantly, did not have irb, RDoc and a couple other things. And the Debian apt-get said, sorry, ask again later. So I gritted my teeth and installed ruby from source. And it gave ruby -v -> 1.8.2. I modified Makefile to use /usr instead oof /usr/local. ruby -v -> 1.8.2. Hmmm. After a snack, I modified config for /usr instead of /usr. ruby -v 1.8.4! I verified that Hello, world and irb ran, intalled gems and installed rails. Due to not using Linux/root for about 5 years, this project (from deciding I wanted Linux at home to getting a rails project running) took - almost 8 hours. How long would it take, from deciding I needed a new version of Windows to installing a major new app on my new OS, with major glitches at each step? (I omitted the glitches for brevity). A week? Three weeks? $1500? An MSDN purchase? Oh, yes. I was a software developer from 1974 to 2002. My last project was a conversion TO IBM 390 MVS (that's to, not from). Before that, I was a .NET developer (anyone want a few beta 2 coasters?). Anyhow, I'm advising my friends to short MSFT and SUNW, and hedge with a long AMD. I expect major new developments will encourage sales of new computers. The biggest of these is new apps using ruby/rails/ajax flying out the door in 3-9 months. Anyone hiring RoR programmers? I am in the process of early design/architecture of a multiplayer computer game. As part of my never-ending search for knowledge, I ran across ruby on the XProgramming.com site by Ron Jeffries, and that led me to Ruby on Rails, which led me to Ajaz… and fell in love with the ruby language syntax. I liked python, but either it or I was not up to enterprise/bet my paycheck standards for larger projects.

Anyhow, after reading enough of the Programming Ruby book, I decided to give Linux another chance (I’d tried a SuSe, version 4 or 5, and Mandrake, versions 6-8. I searched through my cd collection, found a copy of DSL Linux, noted that my newer computer had more than 50 mb free drive space, and used the Mepis burn instead.

Well, it had ruby 1.8.2 and, more importantly, did not have irb, RDoc and a couple other things. And the Debian apt-get said, sorry, ask again later. So I gritted my teeth and installed ruby from source. And it gave ruby -v -> 1.8.2. I modified Makefile to use /usr instead oof /usr/local. ruby -v -> 1.8.2. Hmmm.

After a snack, I modified config for /usr instead of /usr. ruby -v 1.8.4! I verified that Hello, world and irb ran, intalled gems and installed rails. Due to not using Linux/root for about 5 years, this project (from deciding I wanted Linux at home to getting a rails project running) took – almost 8 hours.

How long would it take, from deciding I needed a new version of Windows to installing a major new app on my new OS, with major glitches at each step? (I omitted the glitches for brevity). A week? Three weeks? $1500? An MSDN purchase?

Oh, yes. I was a software developer from 1974 to 2002. My last project was a conversion TO IBM 390 MVS (that’s to, not from). Before that, I was a .NET developer (anyone want a few beta 2 coasters?).

Anyhow, I’m advising my friends to short MSFT and SUNW, and hedge with a long AMD. I expect major new developments will encourage sales of new computers. The biggest of these is new apps using ruby/rails/ajax flying out the door in 3-9 months.

Anyone hiring RoR programmers?

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