Rails v/s Spring v/s J2EE
Well, after having researched and played around with Rails quite a bit, I have a few conclusions I have formed. For example, if you are developing a web Software as a Service model, the best framework or language to use may be Java/Spring since it is clean and lightweight compared to J2EE for doing something much simpler than a full enterprise class application which may be best done using the latter. It is also much more mature than Ruby/Rails which may be more suitable for consumer facing or retail applications like a video sharing or social networking site. If you are starting fresh, I'd highly recommend going with Ruby/Rails to reduce the development cycles required. Other good choices would be Python/Django or just PHP if that works.
While this lays down a few things regarding application development, some important decisions need to be made regarding hosting. CentOS is clearly a winner when it comes to deciding which operating system to use (most stable and free for server hosting). However I am still not clear which "cloud" provider is the best to go with. Amazon's EC2 presents some very flexible options regarding that, but it doesn't seem to come with persistent data. Amazon S3 doesn't seem like a good candidate to fill that hole since it doesn't do a good job of handling a database. There seem to be a large number of good alternatives like GoGrid, Joyent etc in this space which may give a flexible hosting option (which looks more traditional than Amazon EC2) which includes a database. Check these out and do comment if you have a recommendation...
1 comments:
I can definitely tell you that when it comes to the cloud computing environment, Joyent is the best choice. Joyent does give a flexible hosting plan as well as being the "official" host of Ruby on Rails.
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