Hi, I''m a student with no real experience in developing serious enterprise apps.. still now I have the possibility to try.. Here''s my question: I''m building a rails app that connects to a database, and is essentially a front end to it, to manage projects and related documents. The interface in xhtml/css/javascript is a nightmare. I need complex stuff, like tables with resizeable columns, sorting, and all that stuff .. for dozens of tables.. and cross browser compatibility isn''t easy. I thought to use remote XUL. It''s mozilla only, I know, but that''s not a problem. Do you have any opinion about it? Some first hand experience? Are you aware of any nasty bug / missing feature or security concerns? In short, what do you think? thanks Luca -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Maurício Linhares
2009-Apr-08 21:58 UTC
Re: business (document management) application in rails
Have you ever looked at GoogleDocs? It''s just HTML/CSS/JS, don''t overestimate what you really need to do ;) Seriously, if you''ll really have a complex interface, any technology you select is going to be hard to work and customize. Why not just write a desktop app to do that? - Maurício Linhares http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en) On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Marco Signati <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Hi, I''m a student with no real experience in developing serious > enterprise apps.. > still now I have the possibility to try.. > Here''s my question: > I''m building a rails app that connects to a database, and is essentially > a front end to it, to manage projects and related documents. The > interface in xhtml/css/javascript is a nightmare. I need complex stuff, > like tables with resizeable columns, sorting, and all that stuff .. for > dozens of tables.. > and cross browser compatibility isn''t easy. > > I thought to use remote XUL. It''s mozilla only, I know, but that''s not a > problem. > > Do you have any opinion about it? Some first hand experience? > Are you aware of any nasty bug / missing feature or security concerns? > > In short, what do you think? > > thanks > Luca > -- > 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@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Marco Signati
2009-Apr-08 22:11 UTC
Re: business (document management) application in rails
well, my app should be used from everywhere in the world.. not easily accomplished through desktop applications (establish secure connections to remote database), and moreover it''ll be updated frequently, and I certainly don''t want to make people keep installing new versions... any other comment? Luca -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Maurício Linhares
2009-Apr-08 22:15 UTC
Re: business (document management) application in rails
Flex? Silverlight? JavaFX? There''s a load of "rich client" options if you think HTML/CSS/JS isn''t going to solve your problem. - Maurício Linhares http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en) On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Marco Signati <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > well, my app should be used from everywhere in the world.. not easily > accomplished through desktop applications (establish secure connections > to remote database), and moreover it''ll be updated frequently, and I > certainly don''t want to make people keep installing new versions... > > any other comment? > Luca > -- > 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@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---