Comments on: Rails Rules for the Enterprise http://itsinsider.com/2008/01/29/rails-rules-for-the-enterprise/ An Insider's view on IT-Social for the Enterprise Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew Bruce http://itsinsider.com/2008/01/29/rails-rules-for-the-enterprise/#comment-248 Andrew Bruce Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:33:41 +0000 http://susanitsa.wordpress.com/?p=198#comment-248 The debate about PHP vs Rails is fascinating. I am an ex Smalltalk programmer and as such love the who MVC paradigm. This is what Rails brings to the table. Through standards it enforces the Model View Controller separation. Maybe it's an evolution of languages. Convoluted C or Fortran programs enforced no separation, although it is perfectly possible to write good elegant procedural code with good standards that makes it maintainable However, must old procedural language programs were a bear to maintain, and as for separating the UI and placing a different one on top... well good luck. Maybe Rails is a similar evolution from PHP. All the point made above are true for PHP, but as Tim points out Rails makes it a heck of a lot easier to be agile and adaptable to different environments and / or UI/s than PHP because of the standardized separation. The debate about PHP vs Rails is fascinating.
I am an ex Smalltalk programmer and as such love the who MVC paradigm. This is what Rails brings to the table. Through standards it enforces the Model View Controller separation.

Maybe it’s an evolution of languages. Convoluted C or Fortran programs enforced no separation, although it is perfectly possible to write good elegant procedural code with good standards that makes it maintainable However, must old procedural language programs were a bear to maintain, and as for separating the UI and placing a different one on top… well good luck.
Maybe Rails is a similar evolution from PHP. All the point made above are true for PHP, but as Tim points out Rails makes it a heck of a lot easier to be agile and adaptable to different environments and / or UI/s than PHP because of the standardized separation.

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