Our very own Tom Beddard wrote a letter to NMA ages ago (in response to an article back in July about Ruby and Rails) - so long ago in fact that we'd given up hope of seeing it in print. And yet, yesterday, there it was in all its full colour glory. We thought we'd share our pride (and his opinions) with you.
I'd like to echo David Heinemeier Hansson's words that Ruby on Rails is great for developing more than just community sites (NMA 10.07.08). At tictoc we've used it to develop more than 200 websites, including ecommerce, and it has won us over. We now use it exclusively and are convinced it has advantages over .Net and Java. We've never experienced problems with scaling and the open-source background has been a benefit, not a problem. We find that Ruby (and Rails) allows us to be the organisation we want to be - a real mix of creative and technical - and to produce sites that don't compromise on design or functionality.
As the biggest Rails agency in Scotland, we're keen to foster the community. So if any fellow Rails enthusiasts want to drop in for a chat, please do, or find us at the next ScotRUG meet. We want Rails to take off and would urge more clients to consider it, and more developers to experience the flexibility it offers. For now, it's a chance for specialists to get ahead of the big boys. Author: Tom Beddard, technical director, tictoc Family Published: 11.09.08