Re: Need Help With Datebock plugin

Nathaniel Brown
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:13:05 -0000

Just released a new version. There are some major bug fixes that have
been squashed in relation to the tool not working with Safari and IE7.

Everyone is recommended to upgrade.

http://datetime.toolbocks.com

Nathaniel.

On 3/26/07, Nathaniel Brown <nshb-wgYSSEAWXinQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Whether its a plugin or an engine doesn''t make a difference.
>
> Those who want to discourage you from using engines really should
> stop, but they unfortunately wont as they are blinded by some unknown
> force that compels them to cause needless fear and doubt in those that
> are considering it.
>
> Simple as it gets, engines provide someting that Plugins don''t. An
> intuitive way to manage assets. On load, all assets are moved over
> into the public directory. I consistently find myself modifying the
> assets, and all I need to do is update my svn and restart the server
> to see them active. No third step, running a rake task.
>
> I have been considering having the engine also double as a standard
> plugin with an associative rake task, just to please those that
> consider it "overkill", but that is way on the back burner.
>
> What measure to you have to assume that an "engine" is anything
more
> than a "plugin" anyways? Have you done any benchmarks to see if
it
> does indeed cause more load on the app? I seriously doubt this is not
> the case, and if it is, the numbers would be similar to comparing Ruby
> to Perl, where using one simply saves more time than using the other,
> forget about the "overkill" and start comparing what really
matters.
>
> Nathaniel.
>
> On 3/26/07, glenn
<glenn.gillen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Nathaniel,
> >
> > Just curious as to why you''ve got this wrapped up in an
engine when a
> > plugin would seem to suffice? Seems a bit overkill for something that
> > inserts javascript and a text field onto a page. Or am I missing
> > something?
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
>
>
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