[Slightly OT] - Of Ajax, Ruby on Rails, and 37 Signals

[Bruce Robertson]

> Rodney.....
> 
> I have to say this is one of the most reasoned and intelligent
> responses I've seen to the implied question, "Why doesn't everyone
> use Revolution?" It serves as a good reminder of a couple of great
> Truths of Programming. First, no one tool is suited for everything.
> Second, busy programmers often can't take time to learn a new tool
> even if it's a lot better than the old ones they know, especially if
> the new one is a big paradigm shift.
> 
> The point about Rev in a team environment is particularly well taken.
> 
> Thanks for sharing.

When dealing with multi-developer projects, another application to look at
is Servoy. It is a commercial product but is data source agnostic and uses
javascript as the programming language. It has the same deployment
advantages you have mentioned.