January 29, 2008 at 5:36 am
· Filed under Events, Java, Rails, Technology
As you probably know Java is not the best choice for small web applications. It has issues with deployment and hosting requirements. We can say that Java has lost its positions to PHP, Ruby, Python, and even .NET in this area. However Java remains the best solution for big enterprise projects.
Today I was watching RailsConf 2007 keynote and Sun clearly explained why it loves Ruby and Rails. Very simple, if you need scalability, power, integration with existing enterprise systems then you can build your application in jRuby on Rails and get access to J2EE. And if your project is small you can write it in Ruby on Rails and get easiness of deployment and simple hosting requirements. In both cases you use Rails. Both Java and Rails win!
So what technology are you going to use for your next project?
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May 13, 2007 at 1:09 pm
· Filed under Events, Technology
On May 17-20 RailsConf 2007 conference will be held in Portland. I was shocked that all 1200 seats were sold out yet in February! Ruby on Rails gets enormously popular despite its young age. Interestingly that Sun Micrsosystems, the company behind Java server-side technologies is a Diamond sponsor of the conference. And I must say that many Java developers have much sympathy for the Rails. JRuby development and other Ruby implementations in Java are good proofs of that. I hope that Ruby ease and speed of development, its growth of popularity and innovative ideas will meet Java maturity to a joy of all web application developers and their customers.
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September 2, 2006 at 6:15 am
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On Sep 9-10 PodCamp – a free meetup for podcasters, bloggers, authors and readers – will be held in Boston. Our client Leesa Barnes will be presenting on several topics, including a 5 minute lightning talk about using Wordpress and podPress to publish podcasts. This talk is the result of our recent work when we together found out about nice podPress features and its drawbacks in distributing podcasts.
Interestingly that PodCamp organizators used a free wiki and a free blog to advertise and present the information about the conference. Yet another good example of using free open source components and word-of-mouth marketing to cut costs on advertising and promoting ideas/products/services.
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