Rails - Feb 2006 - [News] Ruby-on-Rails to be used in Dutch Rapid-Application-Development contest

Check this out!
Finalist IT Group is about to participate in the Development Tools 2006 
contest on 23 en 24 February with two teams. One of those teams is a 
/Ruby-on-Rails team/.

Development Tools 2006 (formerly known as RAD Race), is not just a 
contest for developing applications as fast as you can. It''s also a 
serious showcase, evaluation and analysis of the development tools that 
are used by the participating teams. The RAD Race is an annual event 
since 1991. The event will be organized by Software Release magazine.

This will be the very first time that a Ruby-on-Rails team is joining 
the contest Development Tools and only the second time an open-source 
programming environment is applied in the contest. Although Finalist is 
actually a Java specialist, this team has gathered enough confidence in 
Ruby on Rails to challenge the other teams, including their colleagues 
that use Java+JAG.

The winner of Development Tools 2006 is announced at the annual Database 
Systems Conference on 29 March: 
http://www.databasesystems.nl/site/programma.html (in Dutch). More 
information about Development Tools 2006: 
http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/ (also in Dutch).

I''ll be sure to post the results here as well. If you''re in or
around
The Netherlands in April, you can learn more by visiting the seminar 
which will be organized by Finalist. Here both teams will share their 
experiences from the content.

Regards,
     Erik.


Erik van Oosten
developer
Finalist IT Group
www.finalist.com

Erik van Oosten wrote:
> Check this out!
> Finalist IT Group is about to participate in the Development Tools 
> 2006 contest on 23 en 24 February with two teams. One of those teams 
> is a /Ruby-on-Rails team/.
>
> Development Tools 2006 (formerly known as RAD Race), is not just a 
> contest for developing applications as fast as you can. It''s also
a
> serious showcase, evaluation and analysis of the development tools 
> that are used by the participating teams. The RAD Race is an annual 
> event since 1991. The event will be organized by Software Release 
> magazine.
>
> This will be the very first time that a Ruby-on-Rails team is joining 
> the contest Development Tools and only the second time an open-source 
> programming environment is applied in the contest. Although Finalist 
> is actually a Java specialist, this team has gathered enough 
> confidence in Ruby on Rails to challenge the other teams, including 
> their colleagues that use Java+JAG.
>
> The winner of Development Tools 2006 is announced at the annual 
> Database Systems Conference on 29 March: 
> http://www.databasesystems.nl/site/programma.html (in Dutch). More 
> information about Development Tools 2006: 
> http://www.developmenttools.nl/site/ (also in Dutch).
>
> I''ll be sure to post the results here as well. If you''re
in or around
> The Netherlands in April, you can learn more by visiting the seminar 
> which will be organized by Finalist. Here both teams will share their 
> experiences from the content.
>
> Regards,
>     Erik.
>
>
> Erik van Oosten
> developer
> Finalist IT Group
> www.finalist.com
>
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Hi Erik,

Really nice to see Rails entering the RAD Race. How would you compare 
your/rails'' changes against your colleague''s in the Java/Jag
team?

It would be nice to hear from your results in April, as I won''t be able
to go to the Database Systems event.

Say hi to Alfred F (if he''s still in the company). Good luck & have
fun,

Boris

Personally I think they''ll beat the Java/Jag team, but the bets in my 
company are at 50/50.

The biggest success factor in this contest, I think, is experience with 
the tool. The Ruby team has flexibility as extra advantage, the Java 
team has many excellent libraries as extra advantage. A big hurdle in 
the game is that you''re not connected to the Internet.

     Erik.

PS. Alfred left us only a couple of months ago.

Boris schreef:
> Hi Erik,
>
> Really nice to see Rails entering the RAD Race. How would you compare 
> your/rails'' changes against your colleague''s in the
Java/Jag team?
>
> It would be nice to hear from your results in April, as I won''t be
> able to go to the Database Systems event.
>
> Say hi to Alfred F (if he''s still in the company). Good luck &
have fun,
>
> Boris