My one comment is that a large base of users past a certain threshold attracts more quality developers building useful libraries, and for those of us in employment, creates buzz that makes it easier for management to accept the technology. Whether that's worth pursuing is a matter of preference.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ramon Leon</b> <<a href="mailto:ramon.leon@allresnet.com">ramon.leon@allresnet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
><br>> I think this is true. I'm pretty sure ease of adoption is a<br>> priority for Rails core. But I don't think this is<br>> necessarily such a problem.<br>> Rails apps, because of the incredibly gentle learning curve,
<br>> are kind of a magnet for bad code. The goal isn't to take<br>> over the world or whatever. Just because lots of people are<br>> into Rails doesn't necessarily mean your Rails experience<br>> will be a good one.
<br>><br>> --<br>> Giles Bowkett<br><br>Nor to we really want to attract total beginners to Seaside, you have to at<br>least have a decent understanding of object oriented programming and<br>Smalltalk to make a decent go at Seaside, and that rules out a lot of
<br>programmers.<br><br>Let the total beginners cut their teeth on Rails, and learn a little OO in a<br>more traditional framework that doesn't tell them everything they know is<br>wrong. Seaside is more attractive for those who've figured out something is
<br>wrong with traditional web development and are looking for something better.<br><br>Ramon Leon<br><a href="http://onsmalltalk.com">http://onsmalltalk.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Seaside mailing list
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