There are many blog posts that basically say, "Given problem X, you can solve it elegantly in language Y. Language Y is awesome!" The problem with this is that it is essentially a strawman argument. Who is to say that problem X would even be the same in other languages, if you take their conventions and idioms into account? Continue reading →
Entries Tagged 'Rails' ↓
Language comparisons are usually flawed
February 16th, 2008 — Python, Rails, Ruby
Industrial-strength Web Services for Ruby
January 14th, 2008 — Rails, Web Services, Ruby
The folks at WSO2 have created a Ruby binding for their enterprise Web Services stack, WSF/C. WSF/Ruby supports SOAP 1.2 and many WS-* specifications, including WS-Addressing, WS-Security, and WS-Reliable Messaging. Built on Apache Axis2, Rampart, and Sandesha2, it is interoperable with .NET and J2EE SOAP implementations. Now that SOAP has been decoupled from Rails, this has potential as a solid replacement.