Comments on: Merb â™¡ Rails

By: Millisami

Millisami — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:27:39 +0000

Though I’ve not digged into merb much deeper, I just love both of them. Rails has eased my web development. Hats off!! to Ruby.

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:33:48 +0000

[...] Merb loves Rails [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:05:24 +0000

As Ruby matures hopefully the community will to

By: ysf

ysf — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:11:23 +0000

Actually, ruby is not one of the 10 programming languages :/ It’s down to 11.

By: Derek Neighbors

Derek Neighbors — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:59:43 +0000

Peace love and Ruby. Is it still okay to hate .NET? ; )

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:54:09 +0000

Well said!

Both Rails and Merb can be easily run using GlassFish gem as explained at:

http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/getting_started_with_merb_using

Using GlassFish, you don’t have to worry about whether you are running a Rails or Merb app, they both co-exist happily there

By: Dan Mayer

Dan Mayer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:41:50 +0000

AJ, please say you were thinking of the Flobots when you said ‘One Love’ It would mark the first time I have seen them referred to by developers (I used to make their website before they got all huge).

I agree that fighting is dumb, but looking and learning from each others frameworks is nearly a requirement for them both to continually improve. If it is more on the humorous jabs level the joking can be a fun way to prod both projects to be better. I agree that people should just be I am a Rubyist first… I really doubt right now you can find many Ruby users who could claim to be a Merb developer who weren’t a Rails developer first. I am both Rails and Merb depending on the situation. In fact I am Rails, Merb, Sinatra, EventMachine, and Rev currently depending on the situation, as I have at least one app of each in production.

Thanks for the post,a nd good luck to everyone on the Merb and the Rails team to restoring some love.

By: Craig Buchek

Craig Buchek — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:34:10 +0000

I think the Rails-Merb situation is a lot like the Linux-BSD situation. They have very similar goals, but different opinions and strategies about how to achieve those goals.

I run a local LUG, and consider BSD to definitely be on-topic. BSD and GNU/Linux are sub-communities of the larger Free Software/Open Source community. Likewise, Rails and Merb are sub-communities of the Ruby community.

I hope that RailsConf and other Rails events/sites/resources continue to accept Merb and other peripheral topics as a part of their community. There’s much to be gained by learning from each other, and it would be a shame to exclude those that are in similar sub-communities.

By: Eloy Duran

Eloy Duran — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:21 +0000

Oh come onâ€¦ There’s only one polite way to settle this;
Bring on the wives, bikinis and mud!

PS: It’s a win-win situation

By: Rails Fanboy

Rails Fanboy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:13:57 +0000

Zed’s gonna be pissed that you put him at number ten. Can you move him up a few?