||, or, &&, and and
It didn’t dawn on me that Ruby allows both “and/&&” and “or/||”. For VB programmers, it may be comfortable using the words whereas C-type language programmers prefers the ampersand and vertical bars. If you think about it, Ruby makes the transition so much easier for those coming from other languages.
Well, I may just put “then” after an “if” conditional.
DHH Keynote at RailsConf2007 Europe
It’s finally here. The complete video of DHH’s keynote at RailsConf2007 in Berlin. You can view from the original source site, but I found this site better since the video is bigger.
GUI Using Ruby
Just in case you never seen this, here’s an awesome video demonstrating GUI programming using Ruby. By the way, this is using Ubuntu Linux.
Switching
Ruby on Rails is not for everyone or even every situation. I think we all know that, at least I hope we do. In this article, Derek Sivers explains why he switched back to PHP. Considering it has well over 300 comments, it just goes to show you how passionate people are about their craft.
Here’s my take on it.
There are many toolsets available to solve a problem. I believe it’s ignorant and irresponsible to say that one toolset is the only solution. Ruby on Rails is a toolset, ASP.NET is another, and PHP is too. Of course there are advantages and disadvantages, but we also have to recognize that depending on our constraints, an advantage can be a disadvantage.
Rather than bashing other languages and frameworks, we should all embrace everyone’s opinions and try to learn from others. In other words, stop bitching!
