Comments on: The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web Vitamin Features Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:56:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Mike Lisn http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-100313 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:02:51 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-100313 I agree - Great article, its always useful to have an insight into how other developers use technology to develop apps, and the processes they went through, i myself haven’t been able to delve into Rails that much, however its installed on my server so now i’m looking to get my teeth into a learner app. I agree - Great article, its always useful to have an insight into how other developers use technology to develop apps, and the processes they went through, i myself haven’t been able to delve into Rails that much, however its installed on my server so now i’m looking to get my teeth into a learner app.

]]> by: Matteo Alessani http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95867 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:51:25 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95867 I think you have to focus on the public of your web app: if you are going to launch an international service, maybe you could price it in $ or €, but if your market is exclusively the UK one you could choose the £. I think you have to focus on the public of your web app: if you are going to launch an international service, maybe you could price it in $ or €, but if your market is exclusively the UK one you could choose the £.

]]> by: Matthew Lanham http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95136 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:58:05 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95136 Heres a question for you, when creating a web app, would you recommend pricing it in $ or £ bearing in mind i am a UK based web developer.....im presuming that by pricing it with the $ you are going to grab the attention of the American public, however will it deter the UK public. Heres a question for you, when creating a web app, would you recommend pricing it in $ or £ bearing in mind i am a UK based web developer…..im presuming that by pricing it with the $ you are going to grab the attention of the American public, however will it deter the UK public.

]]> by: Matteo Alessani http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95013 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:34:46 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-95013 <a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93385" rel="nofollow">@James</a>: Yes, you're right, Active Record is a design pattern used as ORM tool in Rails. <a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94347" rel="nofollow">@Gustav</a>: We use Textmate as our favorite tool! <a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94980" rel="nofollow">@Matthew</a>: Thanks! I think that if you start you'll never stop using it! :-) @James: Yes, you’re right, Active Record is a design pattern used as ORM tool in Rails.

@Gustav: We use Textmate as our favorite tool!

@Matthew: Thanks! I think that if you start you’ll never stop using it! :-)

]]> by: Matthew Lanham http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94980 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:44:56 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94980 Great article, its always useful to have an insight into how other developers use technology to develop apps, and the processes they went through, i myself haven't been able to delve into Rails that much, however its installed on my server so now i'm looking to get my teeth into a learner app. Great article, its always useful to have an insight into how other developers use technology to develop apps, and the processes they went through, i myself haven’t been able to delve into Rails that much, however its installed on my server so now i’m looking to get my teeth into a learner app.

]]> by: Gustav Mörtberg http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94347 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:29:35 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94347 What development environment do you choose to create your Rails goodies with? Textmate, Radrails, Aptana or something else? What development environment do you choose to create your Rails goodies with? Textmate, Radrails, Aptana or something else?

]]> by: DIGITALISTIC » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-01 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94234 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:24:43 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-94234 [...] The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web (tags: RubyOnRails thinkvitamin webapps webdesign programming rails ruby professionalontheweb) [...] […] The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web (tags: RubyOnRails thinkvitamin webapps webdesign programming rails ruby professionalontheweb) […]

]]> by: James http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93385 Thu, 31 May 2007 21:10:37 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93385 Correct me if I'm wrong, but ActiveRecord is a pattern separate from the ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) isn't it? Correct me if I’m wrong, but ActiveRecord is a pattern separate from the ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) isn’t it?

]]> by: Matteo Alessani http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93193 Thu, 31 May 2007 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93193 <a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-92441" rel="nofollow">@Gabe</a>: Hi Gabe, you made a right point. I think that it’s worth using hard-code Rails URLs only in extreme cases, e.g. when a developer has a complex page with hundreds of helpers: he can use fragmented caching to avoid the hard-code and speed up the app. As for your second remark, I guess you’re right when you say that Rails is better suited for experts. Maybe I expressed the same concept in a different way. You have to use ORM only if you know what you are doing. <a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-92628" rel="nofollow">@David Jones</a>: Hi David, we are three computer engineers at <a href="http://www.extendi.it/en/about-us/staff.htm" rel="nofollow">Extendi</a> and two of us developed <em>Professional on the Web</em> in 20 days. We didn't do any sort of test, even tough we try to optimize the app while coding it. Anyway we added fragment caching 10 days after the launch. We have a dedicated Debian server and <em>Professional on the Web</em> shares resources with other our websites: It's an "old" P4 3Ghz with only 1GB of RAM. It's hosted in italy and we have a 5Mbs connection. For the moment consider that we use only a dispatch. If you have any other questions, ask, you're welcome. @Gabe: Hi Gabe, you made a right point. I think that it’s worth using hard-code Rails URLs only in extreme cases, e.g. when a developer has a complex page with hundreds of helpers: he can use fragmented caching to avoid the hard-code and speed up the app.

As for your second remark, I guess you’re right when you say that Rails is better suited for experts. Maybe I expressed the same concept in a different way. You have to use ORM only if you know what you are doing.

@David Jones: Hi David, we are three computer engineers at Extendi and two of us developed Professional on the Web in 20 days.

We didn’t do any sort of test, even tough we try to optimize the app while coding it. Anyway we added fragment caching 10 days after the launch.

We have a dedicated Debian server and Professional on the Web shares resources with other our websites: It’s an “old” P4 3Ghz with only 1GB of RAM. It’s hosted in italy and we have a 5Mbs connection. For the moment consider that we use only a dispatch.

If you have any other questions, ask, you’re welcome.

]]> by: All in a days work… http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93123 Thu, 31 May 2007 14:14:13 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-making-of-a-web-app-professional-on-the-web#comment-93123 [...] The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web Users enter a few basic personal details, their projects’ names and relative web addresses. Once the data has been inputed, thumbnail screenshots for each project are automatically generated and displayed on the their user home page. (tags: WebDev) [...] […] The Making of a Web App: Professional on the Web Users enter a few basic personal details, their projects’ names and relative web addresses. Once the data has been inputed, thumbnail screenshots for each project are automatically generated and displayed on the their user home page. (tags: WebDev) […]

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