BackPress

Just finished trying to build a mid-complexity web application using Rails.

1) No compiler means that you get to remember all the code in your head...don't go on vacation. Agile is another word for incomplete.

2) All queries are select * by default, therefore having any large objects in your database hold up app processing....you can tune your queries.

3) Performance mgmt you are searching for a needle in a pile of needles...soo many little problems with their uber-terse syntax.

4) No threading...now this is fun...who needs threads?

Rails is a toy...a craft....not a science. If you are a freshman or sophomore in college...Rails may teach you some basics..if you are a junior of senior..use a real compsci language.

I recently started a project of my own - http://geopress.my - which uses BackPress as its starting point, and although the foundation is very solid, the only thing missing (as with all new OpenSource projects due to the lack of time and resources) is documentation.

I did however find a lot of benefit from downloading GlotPress and using that in combination with the inline comments as a reference point for getting things going.