[Seaside] rails niceties equivalents?

[Stephan Eggermont]

Sergio wrote:
 >one of my current projects requires that other apps have direct access
 >to the mysql database.. a fact that i can't get around.. this was
 >going to be my first seaside app, but for those reasons, i started a
 >rails app..
When other applications have direct access to your database, you  
cannot contain
bugs. A mistake in one application will bring down other  
applications.  That is
unacceptably bad design.

Stephan