[dhis2] Ruby on Rails web framework worth a look

[Knut S. <kn...@ya...>]

Hello everybody,

I'm happy to see that the Confluence wiki on http://www.hisp.info is
working well now (also from here in Hue, Vietnam). I encourage everyone
to help make it a vibrant documentation and collaboration platform. 

At the same time, I would very much like to revive this list, which has
been sleeping for a long time. As a start, here are some links about
leading edge web frameworks:

For HTML interfaces, there are now some very interesting open source
Java web frameworks, the primary ones being Tapestry (and the newer,
simpler Wicket) og WebWork (used for Confluence).

Lately, an alternative framework, Ruby on Rails has recieved a lot of
attention, e.g on Slashdot
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/21/1514234&tid=156

What makes it very interesting is that one of the leading voices of the
open source java community, Matt Raible, is fascinated by its
simplicity, and so is Dave Thomas, of "Pragmatic Programmer" fame.

This means it's probably worth a look for us also, esp. as we are
looking for a rapid development of web data entry tool for places like
Kerala. I include some links below, especially to Raible's blog, which
I highly recommend as daily reading for everyone in DHIS2 development.
He has recently blogged on both Rails, Maven and Jasper Reports. 

http://raibledesigns.com/page/rd/20050121
http://raibledesigns.com/comments/rd/sunsets/re_hype_ruby_on_rails#comments
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=77745
http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000399.html
http://raibledesigns.com/comments/rd/sunsets/trails_like_rails_but_with

Cheers,
Knut