Hello everyone, I am in the process or searching for some info that will help me deciding what is better -1) to create my own on-line store in RoR or -2) to use the open source solutio Oscommerce What will be the pros and cons to create from scratch my own RoR on-line store? Please advice -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Jose, Not a direct answer to your question, but here are two resources to check out: I have both these books and they are both good value ! http://agilewebdevelopment.com/rails-ecommerce http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10178 Both available as e-books, so outlay is minimal ! HTH - Dave Porter On Apr 23, 8:26 am, Jose Pepe <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hello everyone, > > I am in the process or searching for some info that will help me > deciding what is better > -1) to create my own on-line store in RoR or > -2) to use the open source solutio Oscommerce > > What will be the pros and cons to create from scratch my own RoR on-line > store? > > Please advice > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
or use an existing rails ecommerce host, like http://shopify.com/ ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I have Found this: http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Oscommerce is a terrible mess of spaghetti code. It''s architecture violates most of the principles of software design we''re so eagerly pursuing in rails. Business logic mixed right into the HTML. (a very PHP-centric design) No unit tests. A very rigid page flow that''s a headache to alter. You may notice that it''s been years since oscommerce''s last release: 2.2. On the other hand, if you want something that works out of the box, don''t intend to touch the code, and don''t mind asking your customers to click through some slightly annoying forms, have a look at oscommerce. On 4/23/07, Jose Pepe <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > I have Found this: > > http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Trevor Stow, What about RoR solutions? wrote:> Oscommerce is a terrible mess of spaghetti code. It''s architecture > violates > most of the principles of software design we''re so eagerly pursuing in > rails. > > Business logic mixed right into the HTML. (a very PHP-centric design) > No unit tests. > A very rigid page flow that''s a headache to alter. > > You may notice that it''s been years since oscommerce''s last release: > 2.2. > > On the other hand, if you want something that works out of the box, > don''t > intend to touch the code, and don''t mind asking your customers to click > through some slightly annoying forms, have a look at oscommerce.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Depending on your needs you may be better off doing a custom Rails store. I did one and documented at lot of my notes on my blog: http://clickablebliss.com/blog/2007/03/11/building_the_store/ ~ Mike -- Work: http://ClickableBliss.com Play: http://MikeZornek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
My experience is that if you plan to modify anything (even just the look/feel) it''s cheaper in the long run to make if from scratch. Every time we''ve tried to "save time" by using something like OSCommerce it''s ended up costing us more in time spent than if we had just built it from scratch. One alternative might be shopify, as has been mentioned. I''ve never done a production site using it, but I''ve played around with it quite a bit. Looks like it''s super easy to design themes for it, and it''s very feature rich. Good luck! -- Nathan Garza AshLeaf Media | President _________________________________________________________ www.ashleafmedia.com | nathan-8gggxoBvU1PsBN0MCq728g@public.gmane.org | 832.514.5726 On 4/22/07, Davo <Dave.SouthPerth-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > Hi Jose, > > Not a direct answer to your question, but here are two resources to > check out: > I have both these books and they are both good value ! > > http://agilewebdevelopment.com/rails-ecommerce > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10178 > > Both available as e-books, so outlay is minimal ! > > HTH - Dave Porter > > > On Apr 23, 8:26 am, Jose Pepe <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am in the process or searching for some info that will help me > > deciding what is better > > -1) to create my own on-line store in RoR or > > -2) to use the open source solutio Oscommerce > > > > What will be the pros and cons to create from scratch my own RoR on-line > > store? > > > > Please advice > > > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Mike Zornek, have you tried http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct ?? wrote:> Depending on your needs you may be better off doing a custom Rails > store. I > did one and documented at lot of my notes on my blog: > > http://clickablebliss.com/blog/2007/03/11/building_the_store/ > > ~ Mike-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---